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áo

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áo Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
áo | ao2
English translation
clamor; the sound of wailing

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About áo

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Number of strokes

13

Traditional form

áo

Contains the radical

kǒu

Part of speech

Onomatopoeia / 拟声词 nǐ shēng cí Nǐ shēng cí

Learning hint

mouth

Etymology of áo

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

口敖

Semantic compound

kǒu

Phonetic compound

áo

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. kǒu represents the meaning and áo represents the sound.

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Example sentences using áo

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牲口 shēng kou péng de 牲口 shēng kou 饿 è Cháo 嗷嗷叫.

The stock in the barn cried to her hungrily.

那头 zhū 突然 tūrán 嗷嗷叫 zhāo 狂奔起来 qǐlai

The pig rose squealing and bolted.

Words with áo

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
áo loud clamor áo
嗷嗷待哺 aó aó dài bǔ cry piteously for food嗷嗷待哺 aó aó dài bǔ

áo Decomposition & Compounds

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