Chinese Word: 丛 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

丛 (Trad.: 叢)HSK 6

Pinyin: cóng

English Definition: cluster; collection; collection of books; thicket

Chinese Definition:
①聚集，许多事物凑在一起：丛生。丛聚。丛密。
②聚在一起的(人或物)：人丛。草丛。丛刊。为丛驱雀(喻不善于团结人，把可以依靠的力量赶到敌人方面去)。丛祠。
③姓氏。

Total strokes: 5; Radical: 一

Pictophonetic:从 indicates the sound; 一 (one) conveys the meaning.

Character Formation:

⿱ Above to below
- 从 [ cóng ] from, by, since, whence, through
- 一 [ yī ] one; a, an; alone

Similar Characters: 从众

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丛书HSK 6	cóng shū	a series of books; a collection of books
丛林	cóng lín	jungle; thicket; forest; Buddhist monastery
草丛HSK 6	cǎo cóng	underbrush
树丛HSK 6	shù cóng	thicket; undergrowth
丛生	cóng shēng	growing as a thicket; overgrown; breaking out everywhere (of disease, social disorder etc)

1		tā 他 tàn kān 探勘 yà mǎ xùn hé 亚马逊河 cóng lín 丛林。 He explored the Amazon jungle.
2		guàn mù cóng 灌木丛 zhōng 中 xiǎn xiàn 显现 chū 出 yī tiáo 一条 xiǎo lù 小路。 A path appeared among the bushes.
3		nà 那條 shé 蛇 cóng 从 cǎo cóng 草丛 zhōng 中 tū rán xí jī 突然袭击 le 了 wǒ 我。 The snake suddenly attacked me from the grass.
4		zá cǎo cóng shēng 杂草丛生 de 的 zhǎo zé 沼泽 dì xíng 地形 shì 是 xǔ duō 许多 dòng wù 动物 de 的 qī xī dì 栖息地。 The marshy terrain overgrown with weeds is the habitat of many animals.
5		yī zhǐ hǔ 一只虎 zài 在 cǎo cóng 草丛 zhōng 中 qiāo qiāo de 悄悄地 yǐn cáng 隐藏 zhe 着， děng dài 等待 zhe 着 liè wù 猎物 de 的 dào lái 到来。 A tiger hides quietly in the grass, waiting for its prey.

1		tā 他 tàn kān 探勘 yà mǎ xùn hé 亚马逊河 cóng lín 丛林。 He explored the Amazon jungle.
2		guàn mù cóng 灌木丛 zhōng 中 xiǎn xiàn 显现 chū 出 yī tiáo 一条 xiǎo lù 小路。 A path appeared among the bushes.
3		nà 那條 shé 蛇 cóng 从 cǎo cóng 草丛 zhōng 中 tū rán xí jī 突然袭击 le 了 wǒ 我。 The snake suddenly attacked me from the grass.
4		zá cǎo cóng shēng 杂草丛生 de 的 zhǎo zé 沼泽 dì xíng 地形 shì 是 xǔ duō 许多 dòng wù 动物 de 的 qī xī dì 栖息地。 The marshy terrain overgrown with weeds is the habitat of many animals.
5		yī zhǐ hǔ 一只虎 zài 在 cǎo cóng 草丛 zhōng 中 qiāo qiāo de 悄悄地 yǐn cáng 隐藏 zhe 着， děng dài 等待 zhe 着 liè wù 猎物 de 的 dào lái 到来。 A tiger hides quietly in the grass, waiting for its prey.