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kuì

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kuì Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
kuì | kui4
English translation
a bamboo basket for carrying soil

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About kuì

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Number of strokes

15

Traditional form

kuì

Contains the radical

zhú

Part of speech

Non-morpheme / 非语素字 Fēi yǔsù zì

Learning hint

bamboo

Etymology of kuì

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

⺮贵

Semantic compound

zhú

Phonetic compound

guì

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. zhú represents the meaning and guì represents the sound. Simplified form of kuì .

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Example sentences using kuì

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这场比赛 bǐsài 本该 shì 赢的真是 zhēn shi 功亏一篑 gōng kuī yī kuì

He should have won the match—it was a near miss.

眼看 yǎn kàn 就要 jiù yào 破纪录 pò jì lù què 功亏一篑 gōng kuī yī kuì 只能 zhǐ néng 失望 shīwàng de 离开 líkāi

She went away disappointed after getting tantalisingly close to breaking the record.

Words with kuì

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
功亏一篑 gōng kuī yī kuì to fail through lack of a final effort功虧一簣
kuì basket for carrying soil kuì

kuì Decomposition & Compounds

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