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Phonetic Radical of Chinese Symbols (Lesson Eight)

Phonetic Radical Index

 

pinyin: cáo, a family name

Examples:

槽

pinyin: cáo; a big rectangular or square-shape container

Chinese phrase: 水槽 shuǐ cáo - water trough

猪槽 zhū cáo - pig trough

遭

pinyin: zāo; to meet with, encounter

Chinese phrase: 遭灾 zāo zāi - be hit by a natural calamity

遭难 zāo nàn - suffer disaster

糟

pinyin: zāo; distillers' grains, fig. worthless things

Chinese phrase: 糟糕 zāo gāo - very bad

 

 

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