Teach me how to fold a paper crane. I forgot how to fold it.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
纸鹤
paper crane
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
paper crane
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 纸鹤 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 纸鹤 appears in 3 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
All Sadako could do now was to make paper cranes and hope for a miracle.
If a sick person folds one thousand paper cranes, her wish will come true.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 纸鹤.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 纸鹤.
Directly before
- 折纸鹤2
- 一千只纸鹤1
Directly after
- 纸鹤吧1
- 纸鹤并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 纸鹤
What does 纸鹤 mean in Chinese?
纸鹤 (zhǐhè) means paper crane.
How do you pronounce 纸鹤?
纸鹤 is pronounced zhǐhè.
Is 纸鹤 an HSK word?
纸鹤 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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