Chinese

情況

/t͡ɕʰiŋ³⁵ kʰu̯ɑŋ⁵¹/
situation; status; circumstances
  • TOCFL 5
  • 情况

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  • characterChinese情 “feeling; emotion; sentiment; mood”
    • meaningChinese心 “heart (Classifier: 顆/颗 m; 個/个 c; 粒 mn)”
    • soundChinese青 “blue-green ("grue"); blue (of sky, stone etc.); green (of grass, plants, mountains etc.)”
      • soundChinese生 “to live; to subsist; to exist”
        • ideaChinese屮 “new birth of plant”
        • ideaChinese一 “one”
      • soundChinese井 “well (a hole sunk into the ground) (Classifier: 口; 眼)”
  • characterChinese況 “condition; situation”
    • meaningChinese水 “water (Classifier: 瓶 m; 樽 c; 滴 m c; 池 m c; 盆 m c; 杯 m c)”
    • soundChinese兄 “elder brother”
      • ideaChinese口 “mouth, especially the lips and internal mouth cavity (Classifier: 把 c)”
      • ideaChinese儿 “standing person”

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