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晾

liàng

to dry, to air

A person hangs a wet shirt on a balcony clothesline
Memory picture

Character

晾 liàng

Strokes
12
Radical
日 — sun
Made of
日 sun 京 capital city
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

Example phrases

  • 雨停后,她把湿衣服拿到阳台上晾。 Yǔ tíng hòu, tā bǎ shī yīfu ná dào yángtái shang liàng. After the rain stopped, she took the wet clothes to the balcony to air-dry.
  • 周末天气好,妈妈把被子拿出去晾一晾。 Zhōumò tiānqì hǎo, māma bǎ bèizi ná chūqù liàng yi liàng. The weather was nice at the weekend, so Mom took the quilt outside to air it.
  • 刚煮好的汤太烫了,先晾一会儿再喝。 Gāng zhǔ hǎo de tāng tài tàng le, xiān liàng yíhuìr zài hē. The soup that was just cooked is too hot; let it cool for a while before drinking.

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