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qiàn

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qiàn Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
qiàn | qian4
English translation
reed, madder; Rubia cordifolia

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About qiàn

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Number of strokes

9

Traditional form

qiàn

Contains the radical

cǎo

Part of speech

Name of a person / 人名 rén míng Rénmíng

Learning hint

plant

Etymology of qiàn

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

艹西

Semantic compound

cǎo

Phonetic compound

西

Explanation

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

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Example sentences using qiàn

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对白 duì bái 丽莱 qiàn de 这种 zhè zhǒng Jiāo xīn 真叫 le .

He was sick to his soul with this worry over Berenice.

zài 这时候在思想 shǎng 爱铃白丽莱茜比较 bǐjiào le 一番.

At the moment he was mentally contrasting Aileen with Berenice.

" , 思嘉小姐 xiǎojie , ràng 俺家迪尔 qiàn wéi mèi lán 小姐 xiǎojie de 孩子 háizi .

" Well, Miss Scarlett, mah Dilcey ten'ter Miss Melly's chile.

dāng 提到 tí dào 切尔 qiàn shí 斯马特 jiù 吱声 zhī shēng le

Smart reacted cagily when Chelsea were mentioned.

贝茜身穿 shēn chuān 华丽 huálì de 深蓝色天鹅绒 tiān é róng 衣服 yīfu zài 桌旁徘徊 páihuái

Bessie, resplendent in royal blue velvet, was hovering beside the table.

Words with qiàn

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
qiàn munjeet qiàn
露茜 lù xī Lucy (from the Narnia chronicles)露茜 lù xī
茜草 qiàn cǎo munjit茜草 qiàn cǎo

qiàn Decomposition & Compounds

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