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lóng

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lóng Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
lóng | long2
English translation
blurry, obscured; the condition or appearance of the moon

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About lóng

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Number of strokes

9

Traditional form

lóng

Contains the radical

yuè

Part of speech

Non-morpheme / 非语素字 Fēi yǔsù zì

Learning hint

moon

Etymology of lóng

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

月龙

Semantic compound

yuè

Phonetic compound

Lóng

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. yuè represents the meaning and Lóng represents the sound. Simplified form of lóng .

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Example sentences using lóng

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děng 朦朦胧胧地刚离开 líkāi 思索 sīsuǒ 将要 jiāng yào shuì , 春宝 yòu xǐng le .

As she was about to doze off, Chun Bao woke up.

云翳 kōng ,日色朦胧 méng lóng , Jīng 丛林 cóng lín 这么 zhè me 反射 fǎnshè , yòu Yīn yòu 湿 shī de 空气 kōngqì jiù gěi kǎo 热烘烘 de .

The sun obscured by overcast, refracted from the jungle and heated the moist dark air.

那边 nà bian 山脉 shānmài 笼罩 lǒngzhào zài 朦胧 méng lóng Zhōng .

The mountains beyond are veiled in a dreamy purple haze.

Words with lóng

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
朦胧 méng lóng hazy朦朧
lóng rising moon lóng
朦胧诗 méng lóng shī Misty Poetry, a post-Cultural Revolution poetry movement朦朧詩

lóng Decomposition & Compounds

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