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Simplified: 从

On the HSK 2 vocabulary list, at CEFR level A1.

cóng ㄘㄨㄥˊ

    • from through via
    • to follow

      bound form

    • to obey

      bound form

    • to engage in (an activity)

      bound form

    • ever

      used before a negative

    • (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) retainer attendant

      bound form

    • (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) assistant auxiliary subordinate

      bound form

    • (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) related by common paternal grandfather or earlier ancestor

      bound form

Other words read cóng

In the same tone

  • 叢 cóng cluster
  • 賨 cóng tribute paid by Han dynasty tribes
  • 淙 cóng noise of water
  • 琮 cóng surname Cong
  • 悰 cóng joy

All 8 words read cóng

cong with other tones

  • 鍐 cōng headstall, ornament on a bridle
  • 璁 cōng stone similar to jade
  • 蔥 cōng scallion
  • 熜 cōng chimney
  • 聰 cōng acute

All 19 words read cong in any tone

How 從 is written

    部首 radical
    彳
    笔画 strokes
    11, with 8 after the 部首
    结构 structure
    左右结构
    偏旁 parts
    彳从足
    形旁 meaning
    彳
    声旁 sound
    从

    Words with 從

    Starting with 從

    All 71 words starting with 從

    Ending with 從

    All 29 words ending with 從

    Containing 從

    • 力不從心 lìbùcóngxīn lack the ability to do what one would wish
    • 無從下手 wúcóngxiàshǒu not know where to start
    • 喜從天降 xǐcóngtiānjiàng joy from heaven
    • 三從四德 sāncóngsìdé Confucian moral injunctions for women, namely: obey in turn three men father, husband and son, plus the four virtues of morality 德 dé, physical charm 容, propriety in speech 言 and efficiency in needlework 功
    • 沈從文 shěncóngwén Shen Congwen (1902-1988), novelist

    All 18 words containing 從

    Example sentences and grammar articles using 從

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