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兌Meanings
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- 1.to cash
- 2.to exchange
- 3.to add (liquid)
- 4.to blend
- 5.one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[bā guà], symbolizing swamp
- 6.☱
- 1.surname Dui
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Wiktionary
- 1.joy; to be happy
- 2.pleased; contented; gratified
- 3.to be pleasing to
- 4.to like; to love
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Etymology
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *lod, *lod): semantic 忄 (“heart”) + phonetic 兌 (OC *l'oːds). Often written as 說 in pre-Qin texts. STEDT compares it to Proto-Sino-Tibetan *lot (“free; release; slip; dislocate”). Cognate with 愉 (OC *lo, “happy; pleased”), 說 (OC *hljods, “to speak; to explain”), 脫 (OC *l̥ʰoːd, *l'oːd, “to take off (clothes); to escape”), 偷 (OC *l̥ʰoː, “to steal”).
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Stroke order
Components
Components from cjk-decomp · MIT
Example sentences
我怀疑那家酒馆的啤酒兑水了。
I suspect they water down the beer in that pub.
我怀疑那家酒馆的啤酒兑水了。
I suspect that they water down the beer in that pub.
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Derived terms
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Related words
兑现 (of a check etc) to cash兑换 to convert兑付 to cash (a check)承兑 (commerce) to accept (i.e. acknowledge as calling for payment)搀兑 to mix (different substances together)挤兑 bank run勾兑 to blend various types of wine (or spirits, or fruit juices etc)汇兑 remittance折兑 to cash商兑 to discuss and deliberate兑奖 to cash in a winning ticket; to redeem a prize打兑 to arrange (colloquial)