place name
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How to pronounce 滎

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.

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+ (e)ng2 final

In the engine’s kitchen.

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滎 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
yán = y + an2
old variant of 炎[yan2]
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= mi + Ø4
"cover" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 14), occurring in 軍|军[jun1], 冠[guan1] etc, known as 禿寶蓋|秃宝盖[tu1 bao3 gai4] or 平寶蓋|平宝盖[ping2 bao3 gai4]
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shuǐ = shu + ei3
water / river / liquid / beverage / additional charges or income / (of clothes) classifier for number of washes
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Characters with 滎 as component

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

Yingjing county in Ya'an 雅安[Ya3 an1], Sichuan
Yingjing county in Ya'an 雅安[Ya3 an1], Sichuan
Xingyang city and county in Henan

Sentences with 滎

滎 currently does not appear in any sentence.

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xíng

place name

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