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侏儒

zhūrú

dwarf

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DEFINITIONS & USAGE

Meaning and common use

01

dwarf

02

pygmy

03

small person

04

midget

REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES

How 侏儒 actually appears in real sentences.

These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 侏儒 appears in 4 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.

从前有个侏儒住在森林里。cóng qián yǒu gè zhū rú zhù zài sēn lín lǐ。

Once upon a time there was a dwarf that lived in the forest.

事实上,投掷侏儒是奥运会的运动项目。shì shí shàng, tóu zhì zhū rú shì ào yùn huì de yùn dòng xiàng mù。

Indeed, dwarf tossing is an Olympic sport!

"侏儒流氓"是德国导演韦纳荷索在一九七零年的一部电影。" zhū rú liú máng " shì dé guó dǎo yǎn wéi nà hé suǒ zài yī jiǔ qī líng nián de yī bù diàn yǐng。

Even Dwarfs Started Small is a 1970 film by German director Werner Herzog.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS

Words that keep company with 侏儒.

Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 侏儒.

Directly before

  • 投掷侏儒1
  • 有关侏儒1
  • 有个侏儒1

Directly after

  • 侏儒是1
  • 侏儒流氓1
  • 侏儒的1
  • 侏儒住1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY

Where this entry comes from

The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.

Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

COMMON QUESTIONS

About 侏儒

What does 侏儒 mean in Chinese?

侏儒 (zhūrú) means dwarf.

How do you pronounce 侏儒?

侏儒 is pronounced zhūrú.

Is 侏儒 an HSK word?

侏儒 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.

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