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尘 chén

cinders, ashes, dust, dirt

Strokes
6
Level
HSK 5
Radical
小
Traditional
塵
Type
Ideograph
Made of 小土 ⿱小土

Memory hint: Small 小 flakes of earth 土

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  1. 桌子上落了一层灰尘。
    Zhuōzi shàng luò le yì céng huīchén.
    A layer of dust has settled on the table.
    table on fall (particle) one (measure) dust
  2. 你多久打扫一次灰尘？
    Nǐ duōjiǔ dǎsǎo yí cì huīchén?
    How often do you clean up the dust?
    you how-long clean one time dust (question)
  3. 请把书架上的灰尘擦一擦。
    Qǐng bǎ shūjià shàng de huīchén cā yi cā.
    Please wipe off the dust on the bookshelf.
    please (object-marker) bookshelf on (particle) dust wipe a-bit
  4. 这里并没有多少灰尘。
    Zhèlǐ bìng méiyǒu duōshao huīchén.
    There isn't actually much dust here.
    here at-all not-have how-much dust
  5. 搬家那天，屋子里到处都是灰尘。
    Bānjiā nà tiān, wūzi lǐ dàochù dōu shì huīchén.
    On moving day, the room was full of dust everywhere.
    move-house that day room in everywhere all is dust

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