= xi + Ø1
to open and close (the mouth etc) / friendly / compliant / Taiwan pr. [xi4]
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How to pronounce 翕

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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+ Ø1 final

In front of the space station.

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翕 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
= g + e3
100 ml / one-tenth of a peck / measure for dry grain equal to one-tenth of sheng 升 or liter, or one-hundredth dou 斗
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= h + e2
to close / to join / to fit / to be equal to / whole / together / round (in battle) / conjunction (astronomy) / 1st note of pentatonic scale / old variant of 盒[he2]
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= h + e2
variant of 合[he2]
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= yu + Ø3
feather / 5th note in pentatonic scale
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Characters with 翕 as component

shè = sh + e4
name of a district in Anhui
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= xi + Ø1
to gossip / to babble (Cantonese)
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yān = y + an1
old variant of 崦[yan1]
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Words with 翕

to open and close (the mouth etc)

Sentences with 翕

翕 currently does not appear in any sentence.

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to open and close (the mouth etc) / friendly / compliant / Taiwan pr. [xi4]

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