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漩涡

xuán wō

2-character word Traditional 漩渦

What 漩涡 means

1. whirlpool
2. eddy
3. vortex
4. (fig.) maelstrom

The characters in 漩涡

• 漩xuánwhirlpool; eddy; also pr. xuàn
• 涡guōname of a river

Example sentences

• 水从喷泉中涌出，在溪流中向下流，在溪涧中奔走，在池塘中安定，在河流中顺势流，在漩涡中回旋，并形成沼泽。
  Water springs out of a fountain, flows downwards in a brook, runs in a beck, stands in a pond, glides in the stream, is whirled about in a whirlpool and causes fens.

Sounds the same

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

• 旋涡spiral; whirlpool; eddy