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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
fá | fa2
English translation
raft

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Number of strokes

12

Traditional form

Contains the radical

zhú

Part of speech

Noun morpheme / 名语素 Míng yǔsù

Learning hint

bamboo

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

⺮伐

Semantic compound

zhú

Phonetic compound

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现在 xiànzài 木筏 mù fá zhēng huá Guò 隐约可见 de 镇子.

Now the raft was passing before the distant town.

yāo 这样 zhè yàng zuò , jiù 必须 bìxū 放下 fàng xià zhōu .

And to do this, you MUST drop the raft.

水手 shuǐ shǒu men Chéng 救生筏 jiù shēng fá 离开 líkāi 失事 shīshì de chuán .

The sailors got away from the wrecked ship on a raft.

zài zhǐ 木筏 mù fá shǎng 漂泊 piāo bó le tiān .

She spent seven days afloat on a raft.

紧紧 jǐn jǐn de tiē zài 木筏 mù fá shǎng , hǎo ràng 自己 zìjǐ 浮在水面 shuǐ miàn .

He clung tightly to the raft to keep himself afloat.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
木筏 mù fá wooden raft木筏 mù fá
variant of [fá]
筏子 fá zi raft筏子 fá zi
救生筏 jiù shēng fá a life raft救生筏 jiù shēng fá
皮筏 pí fá leather float皮筏 pí fá

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