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cuàn

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cuàn Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
cuàn | cuan4
English translation
to sieze, to usurp

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About cuàn

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Number of strokes

16

Traditional form

cuàn

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

Learning hint

private

Etymology of cuàn

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

算厶

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

suàn

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and suàn represents the sound. Simplified form of .

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Example sentences using cuàn

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引语 yǐn yǔ 可能 kěnéng huì bèi 篡改 cuàn gǎi 使用 shǐyòng shí 断章取义 duàn zhāng qǔ yì

Quotes can be manipulated and used out of context.

duì 文件 wénjiàn de 篡改 cuàn gǎi 伪造 wěizào 成为 chéngwéi 当下 dāng xià ràng rén 关注 guān zhù de 政治 zhèngzhì 问题 wèntí

The doctoring of the document has become a live political issue.

Words with cuàn

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
篡改 cuàn gǎi to tamper with篡改 cuàn gǎi
篡夺 cuàn duó to usurp篡奪
篡党 cuàn dǎng to usurp the leadership of the party篡黨
篡位 cuàn wèi to seize the throne篡位 cuàn wèi
篡权 cuàn quán to usurp power篡權
cuàn to seize cuàn
篡政 cuàn zhèng to usurp political power篡政 cuàn zhèng
篡弑 cuàn shì to commit regicide篡弒
篡窃 cuàn qiè to usurp篡竊

cuàn Decomposition & Compounds

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