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xiǎng

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xiǎng Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
xiǎng | xiang3
English translation
rations and pay for soldiers

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About xiǎng

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Number of strokes

9

Traditional form

xiǎng

Contains the radical

shí

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

Learning hint

food

Etymology of xiǎng

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

饣向

Semantic compound

shí

Phonetic compound

Xiàng

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. shí represents the meaning and Xiàng represents the sound. Simplified form of xiǎng .

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Example sentences using xiǎng

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有些 yǒu xiē rén 讽刺 fěngcì de shuì 战地 zhàn dì de 薪饷 hěn 不错 bù cuò ,人们 rén men jiè zhè 战争 zhànzhēng 赚到很多 Qián .

Some say sardonically that combat pay is good and that one can do quite well out of this war.

Words with xiǎng

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
军饷 jūn xiǎng (soldier's) pay軍餉
xiǎng soldier's pay xiǎng
粮饷 liáng xiǎng army provisions糧餉
兵饷 bīng xiǎng pay and provisions for soldiers兵餉

xiǎng Decomposition & Compounds

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