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xìng = xi + (e)ng4
yellow floating heart (Nymphoides peltatum)
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How to pronounce 荇

MandarinBanana teaches pronunciation with the Marilyn Method: every Pinyin syllable is one initial plus one final, the initial becomes a person, an animal or a deity, and the final becomes a place in your memory palace — with the tone deciding which part of that place the scene happens in. Remember the little story below for each half and the whole syllable comes back with them.

= xi initial

Xi is for Xi Shi (西施), one of the renowned Four Beauties of ancient China.

By Matthias • updated 5 months ago
+ (e)ng4 final

In the engine’s bathroom.

By Matthias • updated 5 months ago

荇 character breakdown

Chinese characters are built out of smaller characters. Each component carries a mnemonic symbol - one concrete object that stands in for it - and a mnemonic story hands those objects to the person and the place that stand for the pronunciation. Learn a component once and every character that reuses it gets easier.

Component Translations
cǎo = c + ao3
grass radical 草字頭兒|草字头儿[cao3 zi4 tou2 r5]
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háng = h + ang2
row / line / commercial firm / line of business / profession / to rank (first, second etc) among one's siblings (by age) / (in data tables) row / (Tw) column
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xíng = xi + (e)ng2
to walk / to go / to travel / a visit / temporary / makeshift / current / in circulation / to do / to perform / capable / competent / effective / all right / OK! / will do / behavior / conduct / Taiwan pr. [xing4] for the behavior-conduct sense
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Characters with 荇 as component

荇 is not used as a component in another character.
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Words with 荇

yellow floating heart (Nymphoides peltatum)
waterlily / floating heart (Nymphoides peltatum)

Sentences with 荇

荇 currently does not appear in any sentence.

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xìng

yellow floating heart (Nymphoides peltatum)

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