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qióng Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
qióng | qiong2
English translation
vast, lofty, high; vault, dome, arch

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About qióng

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Number of strokes

8

Traditional form

qióng

Contains the radical

xué

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

Learning hint

An arched  gōng vault  xué gōng also provides the pronunciation

Etymology of qióng

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

穴弓

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. xué represents the meaning and gōng represents the sound.

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Example sentences using qióng

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覆盖 fùgài qióng Qiū shǎng de 沉积岩 chén jī yán 为渐新世侵蚀 qīn shí suǒ jié xiāo .

Oligocene erosion had truncated the sediments draped over the dome.

天空 tiānkōng Zhōng 穹顶 qióng dǐng 尖塔 jiān tǎ de 轮廓 lúnkuò shēn 深刻 shēnkè zài le de 记忆 jìyì 中。

The skyline of domes and minarets was imprinted on my memory.

zài de 四周 sì zhōu Cóng 东到西从北向南苍穹 cāng qióng 到处 dàochù 繁星 fán xīng 闪闪 shǎn shǎn

All around him, from east to west, north to south, the stars glittered in the heavens.

圣保罗 Shèng bǎo luó 教堂 jiào táng de 穹顶 qióng dǐng

the dome of St Paul's Cathedral

建筑工人 jiàn zhù gōng rén zài 8根细柱 shǎng 架起轻巧 qīng qiǎo de 混凝土 hùn níng tǔ 穹顶 qióng dǐng

The builders have perched a light concrete dome on eight slender columns.

Words with qióng

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
qióng vault qióng
苍穹 cāng qióng the blue dome of heaven蒼穹
穹顶 qióng dǐng dome穹頂
穹隆 qióng lóng vault穹隆 qióng lóng
穹庐 qióng lú yurt (round tent)穹廬
穹苍 qióng cāng the sky穹蒼
穹形 qióng xíng arched穹形 qióng xíng

qióng Decomposition & Compounds

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