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口哨儿

kǒushàor

whistle

A cheerful person walks along a path whistling
Memory picture

Characters in this word

口 kǒu

Strokes
3
Radical
口 — mouth
How it's built
Pictograph — a drawing of the thing

哨 shào

Strokes
10
Radical
口 — mouth
Made of
口 mouth 肖 to resemble, to look like
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

儿 ér

Strokes
2
Radical
儿 — son, child
How it's built
Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
More about the character 儿

Example phrases

  • 他吹了一声口哨儿,提醒队友马上隐蔽。 Tā chuī le yì shēng kǒushàor, tíxǐng duìyǒu mǎshàng yǐnbì. He gave a whistle to warn his teammates to take cover immediately.
  • 他心情很好,一路吹着口哨儿回家。 Tā xīnqíng hěn hǎo, yílù chuī zhe kǒushàor huí jiā. He was in a good mood and whistled all the way home.
  • 小鸟在树上叫,他也在树下吹起了口哨儿。 Xiǎoniǎo zài shù shang jiào, tā yě zài shù xià chuīqǐ le kǒushàor. Birds sang in the tree, and he began to whistle beneath it.

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