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zòng

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zòng Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
zòng | zong4
English translation
to indulge in, to give free reign to

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About zòng

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Number of strokes

17

Traditional form

zòng

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Non-morpheme / 非语素字 Fēi yǔsù zì

Learning hint

thread

Etymology of zòng

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

糹從

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

cóng

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and Cóng represents the sound. Simplified form of zòng .

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Words with zòng

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
操纵 cāozòng to operate操縱
zòng vertical zòng
纵火 zòng huǒ to set on fire縱火
放纵 fàng zòng to indulge放縱
纵容 zòng róng to indulge縱容
纵横 zònghéng criss-crossed縱橫
纵向 zòng xiàng longitudinal縱向
纵火犯 zòng huǒ fàn arsonist縱火犯
纵然 zòng rán even if縱然
纵观 zòng guān an overall survey縱觀
纵深 zòng shēn span (of time)縱深
纵使 zòng shǐ even if縱使
纵身 zòng shēn to leap縱身
纵队 zòng duì column縱隊
纵情 zòng qíng to your heart's content縱情
欲擒故纵 yù qín gù zòng In order to capture, one must let loose.欲擒故縱
稍纵即逝 shāo zòng jí shì transient稍縱即逝
操纵杆 cāo zòng gǎn joystick操縱桿
纵横交错 zòng héng jiāo cuò criss-crossed (idiom)縱橫交錯
纵欲 zòng yù to indulge in debauchery縱慾
纵贯 zòng guàn to pass through縱貫
纵声 zòng shēng loudly縱聲
纵坐标 zòng zuò biāo ordinate縱座標
娇纵 jiāo zòng to pamper嬌縱

zòng Decomposition & Compounds

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