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旋涡

xuán wō

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 旋渦

旋涡 (xuán wō) means "spiral; whirlpool; eddy". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 旋涡 means

1. spiral
2. whirlpool
3. eddy
4. vortex

The characters in 旋涡

• 旋xuánto revolve; a loop; a circle
• 涡guōname of a river

Words starting with 旋涡

• 旋涡状xuán wō zhuàngspiral-shaped
• 旋涡星系xuán wō xīng xìspiral galaxy
• 旋涡星云xuán wō xīng yúnspiral nebula

Words containing 旋涡

• 准稳旋涡结构zhǔn wěn xuán wō jié gòuquasi-stationary spiral structure QSSS (astrophysics)

Sounds the same

Read xuán wō, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 漩涡whirlpool; eddy; vortex

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