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farmstead / village / manor / place of business / banker (in a gambling game) / grave or solemn / holdings of a landlord (in imperial China)
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How to pronounce 莊

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.

= zhu initial

Julian (朱利安 zhū​ lì​ ān) Giant Squid.

By Matthias • updated 5 months ago
+ ang1 final

In front of the anglepod.

By Matthias • updated 5 months ago

莊 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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Zhuang ethnic group of Guangxi, the PRC's second most numerous ethnic group
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to strengthen / strong / robust
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Characters with 莊 as component

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

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Yizhuang town in Beijing municipality
Animal Farm (1945), novel and famous satire on communist revolution by George Orwell 喬治·奧威爾|乔治·奥威尔[Qiao2 zhi4 · Ao4 wei1 er3] / also translated 動物農場|动物农场[Dong4 wu4 Nong2 chang3]

Sentences with 莊

莊 currently does not appear in any sentence.

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zhuāng

farmstead / village / manor / place of business / banker (in a gambling game) / grave or solemn / holdings of a landlord (in imperial China)

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