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棕

zōng · zong

Traditional 椶

Meaning

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zōng 棕

  1. palm
  2. palm fiber
  3. coir (coconut fiber)
  4. brown

zōng 椶

  1. variant of 棕 (zōng)
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Mixing brown

  1. Dengdeng

    你(nǐ)在(zài)画(huà)什么(shénme)？

    What are you drawing?

  2. Liangliang

    我(wǒ)在(zài)画(huà)熊(xióng)，可是(kěshì)不知道(bùzhīdào)用(yòng)什么(shénme)颜色(yánsè)。

    I am drawing a bear, but I do not know which color to use.

  3. Dengdeng

    熊(xióng)是(shì)棕色(zōngsè)的(de)，你(nǐ)用(yòng)棕色(zōngsè)吧(ba)。

    Bears are brown. Use brown.

  4. Liangliang

    我(wǒ)没有(méiyǒu)棕色(zōngsè)的(de)笔(bǐ)，只有(zhǐyǒu)红色(hóngsè)和(hé)绿色(lǜsè)。

    I have no brown pen. I only have red and green.

  5. Dengdeng

    红色(hóngsè)加(jiā)绿色(lǜsè)，就(jiù)能(néng)变成(biànchéng)棕色(zōngsè)。

    Red plus green makes brown.

  6. Liangliang

    真的(zhēnde)！可是(kěshì)我的(wǒde)手(shǒu)也(yě)变成(biànchéng)棕色(zōngsè)了(le)。

    It works! But my hand turned brown too.

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

她(tā)穿(chuān)着(zhe)一(yí)件(jiàn)棕(zōng)色(sè)的(de)外(wài)套(tào)。

She is wearing a brown coat.

02

这(zhè)种(zhǒng)棕(zōng)垫(diàn)是(shì)用(yòng)棕(zōng)树(shù)的(de)纤(xiān)维(wéi)做(zuò)的(de)。

This kind of brown mat is made from the fiber of the palm tree.

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