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gāo

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gāo Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
gāo | gao1
English translation
lamb

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About gāo

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Number of strokes

10

Traditional form

gāo

Contains the radical

Yáng

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

Learning hint

sheep

Etymology of gāo

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

羊灬

Semantic compound

Yáng

Phonetic compound

huǒ

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. Yáng represents the meaning and huǒ represents the sound.

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Example sentences using gāo

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féi 畜养 féi bèi zǎi de 幼畜(羊羔 yáng gāo 牛犊 niú dú )

A young animal, such as a lamb or calf, fattened for slaughter.

羊羔 yáng gāo 满身 mǎn shēn shì juǎn Máo .

A lamb has a curly coat.

劳拉正往羔羊 gāo yáng tuǐ shǎng jiāo 油脂 yóu zhī

Laura was basting the leg of lamb.

一份羔羊 gāo yáng tuǐ

a gigot of lamb

羔羊 gāo yáng 腿肉

a leg of lamb

Words with gāo

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
羔羊 gāo yáng sheep羔羊 gāo yáng
羊羔 yáng gāo lamb羊羔 yáng gāo
gāo lamb gāo
羔皮 gāo pí lambskin羔皮 gāo pí
代罪羔羊 dài zuì gāo yáng scapegoat代罪羔羊 dài zuì gāo yáng

gāo Decomposition & Compounds

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