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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
wò | wo4
English translation
to enrich, to dye; to moisten, to soak

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Number of strokes

12

Traditional form

Contains the radical

shuǐ

Part of speech

Place name / 地名 dì míng Dìmíng

Learning hint

water

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

氵屋

Semantic compound

shuǐ

Phonetic compound

Explanation

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

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lǎo 法华一定 yīdìng zài zhuàn 大钱 dà qián , " 赫斯 chā le gōu .

" Old Fahrway must be making money, " put in Hurstwood.

这么 zhè me 一推, 赫斯脚下 jiǎo xià Huá ,跌倒 diē dǎo zài 雪地 shǎng .

As he did so, Hurstwood slipped and fell in the snow.

但是 dànshì 赫斯 qiāng zài 前面 qiánmiàn , zhuā le 满满 mǎn mǎn 一把1 Jué de Xīn 硬币 yìng bì 出来 chū lái .

Hurstwood was quicker. His fingers were full of new ten - cent pieces.

Dōng yǒu 唐寿昌城及出天马 tiān mǎ de Hàn Chí 故址 gù zhǐ .

City and east of Pegasustang shou chang Han Chi Wagu zhi Ottawa.

赫斯看到这么 zhè me 步步 bù bù 紧逼 jǐn bī 几乎 jīhū yāo rǎng le 出来 chū lái .

Hurstwood almost exclaimed out loud at the insistency of this thing.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
to enrich
渥太华 Wò tài huá Ottawa, capital of Canada渥太華

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