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variant of 莊|庄[zhuang1]
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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 庄

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

庄 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
= tu + Ø3
Tu (ethnic group) / surname Tu
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= tu + Ø3
earth / dust / clay / local / indigenous / crude opium / unsophisticated / one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1]
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广
yǎn = y + an3
"house on a cliff" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 53), occurring in 店, 序, 底 etc
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wide / numerous / to spread
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Characters with 庄 as component

zāng = z + ang1
dirty / filthy / to get (sth) dirty
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zàng = z + ang4
viscera / (anatomy) organ
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stump / stake / pile / classifier for items
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Words with 庄

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village / hamlet / CL:座[zuo4]
manor / feudal land / villa and park
farm crop / CL:種|种[zhong3]

Sentences with 庄

庄 currently does not appear in any sentence.

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zhuāng

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