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聋

lóng

deaf

A puzzled person cups a hand to the ear beside a ringing bell
Memory picture

Character

聋 lóng

Strokes
11
Radical
耳 — ear
Made of
龙 dragon 耳 ear
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

Example phrases

  • 把公众的质疑当成噪音来屏蔽,等于让决策机制变聋。 Bǎ gōngzhòng de zhìyí dàngchéng zàoyīn lái píngbì, děngyú ràng juécè jīzhì biàn lóng. Blocking out public doubts as noise is equivalent to making the decision-making mechanism deaf.
  • 他的耳朵聋了,所以和别人交流时用手语。 Tā de ěrduo lóng le, suǒyǐ hé biéren jiāoliú shí yòng shǒuyǔ. He has gone deaf, so he uses sign language when communicating with others.
  • 隔壁装修的声音太大,我都快被吵聋了。 Gébì zhuāngxiū de shēngyīn tài dà, wǒ dōu kuài bèi chǎo lóng le. The renovation noise next door is so loud that I'm nearly deafened.

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