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绳 shéng

string, rope, cord; to control

Strokes
11
Level
HSK 5
Radical
纟
Traditional
繩
Type
Picto-phonetic
Made of 纟黾 ⿰纟黾

Memory hint: thread

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  1. 他用绳子绑住了箱子。
    Tā yòng shéngzi bǎngzhùle xiāngzi.
    He tied the box with rope.
    he use rope tie-hold (particle) box
  2. 你能找一根绳子给我吗？
    Nǐ néng zhǎo yì gēn shéngzi gěi wǒ ma?
    Can you find a rope for me?
    you can find one (measure) rope give me (question)
  3. 请把绳子拉紧一点。
    Qǐng bǎ shéngzi lā jǐn yìdiǎn.
    Please pull the rope a bit tighter.
    please (object-marker) rope pull tight a-bit
  4. 这根绳子不够长。
    Zhè gēn shéngzi bú gòu cháng.
    This rope isn't long enough.
    this (measure) rope not enough long
  5. 爬山时，他们用绳子互相连接。
    Páshān shí, tāmen yòng shéngzi hùxiāng liánjiē.
    When climbing the mountain, they connected to each other with rope.
    climb-mountain time, they use rope mutually connect

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