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烤鸭

kǎoyā

roast duck

A duck on a plate
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Characters in this word

烤 kǎo

Strokes
10
Radical
火 — fire, flame
Made of
火 fire, flame 考 to test, to investigate, to examine
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
More about the character 烤

鸭 yā

Strokes
10
Radical
鸟 — bird
Made of
甲 armor, shell 鸟 bird
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
More about the character 鸭

Example phrases

  • 北京烤鸭很香。 Běijīng kǎoyā hěn xiāng. Beijing roast duck smells very good.
  • 我们吃烤鸭。 Wǒmen chī kǎoyā. We eat roast duck.
  • 这家烤鸭好吃。 Zhè jiā kǎoyā hǎochī. This place has tasty roast duck.

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