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冗

rǒng

Character

What 冗 means

1. extraneous
2. redundant
3. superfluous
4. busy schedule

Other readings

冗 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• rǒngvariant of {冗|rǒng}

Example sentences

• 这位老教授的讲座冗长而沉闷。
  Zhèwèi lǎo jiàoshòu de jiǎngzuò rǒngcháng ér chénmèn.
  The old professor's lectures are long-winded and ponderous.

Words starting with 冗

• 冗长rǒng chánglong and tedious; redundant; superfluous
• 冗位rǒng wèiredundant position
• 冗兵rǒng bīngsuperfluous troops
• 冗冗rǒng rǒngnumerous; excessive; multitude
• 冗务rǒng wùmiscellaneous affairs
• 冗员rǒng yuánexcess personnel; superfluous staff
• 冗官rǒng guānredundant officials
• 冗散rǒng sǎn(literary) idle; unemployed; (literary) (of writing) leisurely and verbose
• 冗数rǒng shùredundant number
• 冗笔rǒng bǐsuperfluous words (in writing); superfluous strokes (in calligraphy)
• 冗繁rǒng fánmiscellaneous
• 冗职rǒng zhíredundant position
• 冗言rǒng yánpleonasm (linguistics)
• 冗词rǒng cítautology; superfluous words
• 冗语rǒng yǔverbosity; verbose speech
• 冗费rǒng fèiunnecessary expenses
• 冗杂rǒng zámany and varied; confused
• 冗食rǒng shíeating without working
• 冗余rǒng yúredundancy; redundant
• 冗长度rǒng cháng dù(level of) redundancy
• 冗长辩论rǒng cháng biàn lùnfilibuster
• 冗赘rǒng zhuìverbose
• 冗赘词rǒng zhuì cíexpletive (linguistics)
• 冗辞rǒng cívariant of 冗词

Words containing 冗

• 拨冗bō rǒngto find time to do sth in the midst of pressing affairs
• 烦冗fán rǒngdiverse and complicated (of one's affairs); prolix (of speech, writing etc)
• 闲冗xián rǒngofficials with light duties; supernumeraries
• 繁冗fán rǒngvariant of 烦冗

Characters that look like 冗

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 亢kànghigh; overbearing; excessive
• 兀wù(literary) rising to a height; towering; (literary) bald; bare; (literary) still; yet

Sounds the same

Read rǒng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 氄down or fine hair