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模拟

mónǐ

to simulate

A person at a computer showing a small city flooding on screen
Memory picture

Characters in this word

模 mó

Strokes
14
Radical
木 — tree
Made of
木 tree 莫 cannot
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
More about the character 模

拟 nǐ

Strokes
7
Radical
扌 — hand
Made of
扌 hand 以 according to
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

Example phrases

  • 研究人员用电脑模拟城市洪水的扩散过程。 Yánjiū rényuán yòng diànnǎo mónǐ chéngshì hóngshuǐ de kuòsàn guòchéng. Researchers used computers to simulate the process by which floodwater spreads through a city.
  • 这个游戏可以模拟开飞机的感觉。 Zhège yóuxì kěyǐ mónǐ kāi fēijī de gǎnjué. This game can simulate what it feels like to fly a plane.
  • 考试前,老师让我们做一次模拟测试。 Kǎoshì qián, lǎoshī ràng wǒmen zuò yí cì mónǐ cèshì. Before the exam, the teacher had us take a practice test.

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