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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
hé | he2
English translation
lotus, water lily; burden, responsibility; Holland

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Number of strokes

10

Traditional form

Contains the radical

cǎo

Part of speech

Noun morpheme / 名语素 Míng yǔsù

Learning hint

flower

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

艹何

Semantic compound

cǎo

Phonetic compound

Explanation

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

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ěr 博士 bóshì shuì , dāng 人体 rén tǐ Zhōng de gài 含量 hán liàng piān shí , 身体 shēntǐ jiù huì 产生 chǎnshēng zhǒng 荷尔蒙 hé ěr méng , Néng 帮助 bāngzhù 肌体 jī tǐ zuì 限度 xiàn dù de 吸收 xīshōu suǒ 摄入 shè rù 的钙.

Zemel says that when calcium levels are low, the body releases a hormone that helps squeeze the most out of every available milligram of the

ér zài 东面 dōng miàn shì 森森 sēn sēn Bái qiáng ,荷枪 jǐng shào .

To the East, stark white concrete and armed guards.

gòu le , 受够 shòu gòu 这些 zhè xiē xūn xiāng 以及 yǐjí 薄荷 bò he de 感觉 gǎnjué le .

Enough, already with this mellow incense and peppermints vibe.

荷马 Hé mǎ 苏格拉底 Sū gé lā dǐ shì 希腊 Xī là 时期 shíqī de liǎng wèi zhù míng 人物 rénwù .

Two famous names from ancient Greece are Homer and Socrates.

shì 荷花 hé huā de 声音 shēngyīn ,阿多 yǐn zhēn le shí 不禁 bùjīn 浑身 húnshēn de 汗毛 hàn máo dōu shù le 起来 qǐlai .

The voice made Ah Duo's hair stand on end.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
荷兰 Hé lán Holland荷蘭
lotus
薄荷 bò he field mint薄荷 bò he
负荷 fù hè load負荷
荷尔蒙 hé ěr méng hormone (loanword)荷爾蒙
荷马 Hé mǎ Homer荷馬
荷花 hé huā lotus荷花 hé huā
超负荷 chāo fù hè excess load超負荷
载荷 zài hè load載荷
荷包 hé bāo purse荷包 hé bāo
电荷 diàn hè electric charge電荷
荷兰语 Hé lán yǔ Dutch (language)荷蘭語
荷包蛋 hé bāo dàn poached egg荷包蛋 hé bāo dàn
荷枪实弹 hè qiāng shí dàn (idiom) armed荷槍實彈
爱达荷州 Aì dá hé zhōu Idaho, US state愛達荷州
爱荷华 Aì hé huá Iowa, US state (Tw)愛荷華
薄荷油 bò he yóu peppermint oil薄荷油 bò he yóu
奥克拉荷马 Aò kè lā hé mǎ Oklahoma, US state (Tw)奧克拉荷馬

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