括
弧

Parenthesis in Chinese: 括弧 (kuò hú)

kuò hú

parenthesis

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-91 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1parenthesis

Stroke order

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括
弧

Zhuyin

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ㄎㄨㄛˋ

kuò

ㄎ/ kㄨ/ uㄛ/ oˋ/ fourth tone

ㄏㄨˊ

hú

ㄏ/ hㄨ/ uˊ/ second tone

Example sentences

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  • 请把这个词放在括弧里。

    qǐng bǎ zhè ge cí fàng zài kuò hú lǐ。

    Please put this word inside the parentheses.

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Related words

包括

bāo kuò

to comprise

概括

gài kuò

to summarize

括号

kuò hào

parentheses

阔绰

kuò chuò

ostentatious

拉动

lā dòng

to pull

拉拢

lā lǒng

to rope in

拉锁

lā suǒ

zipper

喇叭

lǎ ba

horn (automobile etc)

腊月

là yuè

twelfth lunar month

蜡

là

candle

啦啦队

lā lā duì

cheerleading squad

来宾

lái bīn

guest

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HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9 vocabulary list

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