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zhuī

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zhuī Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
zhuī | zhui1
English translation
gimlet, drill, awl; to drill, to bore

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About zhuī

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Number of strokes

13

Traditional form

zhuī

Contains the radical

jīn

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

Learning hint

metal

Etymology of zhuī

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

钅隹

Semantic compound

jīn

Phonetic compound

zhuī

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. jīn represents the meaning and zhuī represents the sound. Simplified form of zhuī .

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Example sentences using zhuī

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一位徒步 tú bù zhě Cóng 一块 yī kuài 80英尺 yīng chǐ Gāo de jiān 锥形 zhuī xíng 岩石 yánshí shǎng shuāi le 下来 xià lai

A walker fell 80ft from a rocky pinnacle.

Shā zhuī diǎo 战斗机 zhàn dòu jī de 驾驶舱 jià shǐ cāng 空间 kōngjiān 不太宽敞 kuānchang

There was not much elbow room in the cockpit of a Snipe.

Words with zhuī

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
zhuī cone zhuī
锥形 zhuī xíng conical錐形
圆锥 yuán zhuī cone圓錐
锥子 zhuī zi awl錐子
改锥 gǎi zhuī screwdriver改錐
锥形瓶 zhuī xíng píng Erlenmeyer flask錐形瓶
锥面 zhuī miàn cone錐面
圆锥曲线 yuán zhuī qū xiàn conic section圓錐曲線
棱锥 léng zhuī pyramid (geometry)稜錐
圆锥体 yuán zhuī tǐ cone圓錐體
角锥 jiǎo zhuī pyramid角錐
毛锥 máo zhuī writing brush (old)毛錐
贫无立锥之地 pín wú lì zhuī zhī dì not even enough land to stand an awl (idiom); absolutely destitute貧無立錐之地
贫无立锥 pín wú lì zhuī not even enough land to stand an awl (idiom); absolutely destitute貧無立錐

zhuī Decomposition & Compounds

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