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English translation
watermelon
Chinese characters:
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西瓜 ( xigua / xīguā ) is composed of these characters:
西 (xi)
, 瓜 (gua)
The traditional Chinese characters of xīguā are identical with the modern (simplified) characters displayed above.
Chinese Pinyin example sentence with 西瓜 ( xigua / xīguā ) ⓘWriting in Pinyin Before using this Pinyin example sentence, consider that Chinese characters should always be your first choice in written communication. If you cannot use Chinese characters, it is preferable to use the Pinyin with tones. Only use the Pinyin without tones if there's no other option (e.g. writing a text message from/to a mobile phone that doesn't support special characters such as ā, í, ŏ, ù).
Zheme da de xigua!
Zhème dà de xīguā! – English translation: What a big water melon!
Tags and additional information (Meaning of individual characters, character components etc.)
melon
西瓜 ( xigua / xīguā ) belongs to the 1000 most common composed words in Chinese language (rank 948)
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