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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
wò | wo4
English translation
to turn, to rotate, to revolve

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Number of strokes

14

Traditional form

Contains the radical

Dǒu

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

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Positional decomposition

倝斗

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
to turn
斡旋 wò xuán to mediate (a conflict etc)斡旋 wò xuán
达斡尔 Dá wò ěr Daur ethnic group of Inner Mongolia and Heilongjiang達斡爾
梅里斯达斡尔族区 Méi lǐ sī Dá wò ěr zú qū Meilisi Daur district of Qiqihar city 齊齊哈爾|齐齐哈尔 Qí qí hā ěr [Qí​qí​hā​'ěr], Heilongjiang梅里斯達斡爾族區

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