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口香糖

kǒuxiāngtáng

chewing gum

A person blows a big bubble of chewing gum
Memory picture

Characters in this word

口 kǒu

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

香 xiāng

Strokes
9
Radical
香 — incense
Made of
禾 cereal, grain, rice 日 sun
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts

糖 táng

Strokes
16
Radical
米 — rice, millet, grain
Made of
米 rice, millet, grain 唐 the Tang dynasty
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

Example phrases

  • 会议室禁止嚼口香糖,以免影响正式场合的礼仪。 Huìyìshì jìnzhǐ jiáo kǒuxiāngtáng, yǐmiǎn yǐngxiǎng zhèngshì chǎnghé de lǐyí. Chewing gum is prohibited in the meeting room so as not to affect etiquette in formal settings.
  • 他嘴里嚼着口香糖,说话不太清楚。 Tā zuǐ li jiáo zhe kǒuxiāngtáng, shuōhuà bú tài qīngchu. He was chewing gum and did not speak very clearly.
  • 吃完饭以后,我习惯嚼一片口香糖。 Chī wán fàn yǐhòu, wǒ xíguàn jiáo yí piàn kǒuxiāngtáng. After a meal I like to chew a piece of gum.

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