Chinese

措施

/t͡sʰu̯ɔ⁵¹ ʂɻ̩⁵⁵/
measures; means to an end; intervention
  • HSK 4
  • TOCFL 6

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  • characterChinese措 “to place; to put in order; to arrange”
    • meaningChinese手 “hand (Classifier: 隻／只 m c mn; 雙／双 m mn; 對／对 c)”
    • soundChinese昔 “former times; the past; long ago; ancient times”
      • soundChinese龷
      • ideaChinese仌 “ice”
      • meaningChinese日 “Sun”
  • characterChinese施 “flag fluttering; flag waving”
    • meaningChinese㫃 “appearance of flags flying”
    • soundChinese也 “Particle used at the end of copular constructions involving a nominal predicate; to be (although no…”

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