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wán

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wán Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
wán | wan2
English translation
gauze; fine white silk

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About wán

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Number of strokes

6

Traditional form

wán

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

Learning hint

silk

Etymology of wán

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

纟丸

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

wán

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and wán represents the sound. Simplified form of wán .

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Example sentences using wán

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Wén wán xiào dào :伯母 bómǔ , yǒu 辛楣 péi , xiē 什么 shénme !

Wen - wan said with a laugh, " Auntie , with Hsin - mei along, what are you afraid of!

Wén wán dào : zài 这儿 zhè r yǒu 公事 gōng shì 分不开 shēn ya !

Wen - wan said, " Oh , but he has official business keeping him here!

Wén wán 小姐 xiǎojie , zuò 母亲 mǔqīn de rén zǒng 觉得 juéde 儿子 érzi 不够 bù gòu pán de .

Miss Wen - wan , a mother always thinks her son isn't fat enough.

Words with wán

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
纨绔子弟 wán kù zǐ dì hedonistic son of rich parents紈絝子弟
wán white wán
纨裤子弟 wán kù zǐ dì dandy紈褲子弟

wán Decomposition & Compounds

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