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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
mò | mo4
English translation
white jasmine

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Number of strokes

8

Traditional form

Contains the radical

cǎo

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

Learning hint

herb

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

艹末

Semantic compound

cǎo

Phonetic compound

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. cǎo represents the meaning and represents the sound.

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可以 kěyǐ 闻到 wén dào 茉莉花 mò li huā de 香味 xiāng wèi .

You can smell the perfume of jasmine.

yǒu gēn 圆柱 yuán zhù Huán shāo shèng 一半 yī bàn , héng dǎo zài 草皮 cǎo pí shǎng , 茉莉花 mò li huā cóng suì le .

One long column, half - burned, had fallen across the lawn, crushing the cape jessamine bushes.

丙二氧化物 yǎng huà wù 合成 héchéng méi ( AOS ) shì 茉莉 mò lì suān 生物 shēngwù 合成 héchéng de 关键 guānjiàn méi .

Allene oxide synthase ( AOS ) is a key enzyme for JA biosynthesis.

伯爵 bó jué chá 大吉 dà jí lǐng chá 茉莉花茶 mò li huā chá shì zuì 畅销 chàngxiāo de 几种传统 chuántǒng 茶叶 chá yè

Earl Grey, Darjeeling and Jasmine are best-selling traditional teas.

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
茉莉 mò lì jasmine茉莉 mò lì
jasmine
茉莉花 mò li huā jasmine茉莉花 mò li huā
茉莉花茶 mò li huā chá jasmine tea茉莉花茶 mò li huā chá

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