Chinese Word: 荇 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

荇

Pinyin: xìng

English Definition: yellow floating heart (Nymphoides peltatum)

Chinese Definition:
①(荇菜)多年生草本植物，叶略呈圆形，浮在水面，根生水底，夏天开黄花；结椭圆形蒴果。全草可入药。

Total strokes: 9; Radical: 艸

Pictophonetic:行 indicates the sound; 艹 (plant) conveys the meaning.

Character Formation:

⿱ Above to below
- 艹 [ cǎo ] grass, weed, plant, herb
- 行 [ xíng ] to go, to walk, to move; professional

Similar Characters: 葕

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	荇菜	xìng cài	yellow floating heart (Nymphoides peltatum)
	青荇	qīng xìng	waterlily; floating heart (Nymphoides peltatum)

1		shǒu zhǎng 手掌 yǒu 有 hàn 汗， huò 或 é tóu 额头 shàng 上 de 的 hàn zhū 汗珠 bú huì 不会 gěi 给 qǔ 娶 xìng 荇 xià 下 hǎo yìn xiàng 好印象。 Sweaty palms or beads on your forehead will not impress.
2		wǒ 我 huàn xiǎng 幻想 tā 它 shì 是 shuǐ zhōng 水中 de 的 xìng 荇 zǎo 藻， wǒ 我 yǎn qián 眼前 jiù 就 zhēn de 真地 zhǎn xiàn 展现 chū 出 yī gè 一个 xiǎo 小 chí táng 池塘。 I fancy it to be algae in the water, and it unfolds in front of my eyes, a picture of a small pond.
3		tā 她 zhǔ fù 嘱咐 wǒ 我 yào 要 huó dé 活得 qīng sōng 轻松， dāng 当 qīng cǎo 青草 zài 在 dī àn 堤岸 zī zhǎng 滋长。（ zhǔ 嘱 wǒ 我 shì 适 shì 世， rú 如 xìng 荇 suí 随 yàn 堰） She bid me take life easy, as the grass grows on the weirs;