Pronunciation family
Chinese characters for “gua”
19 characters share this plain syllable. Compare tone marks first, then open a character for writing and usage.
Tone by tone
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The same letters can represent different words when the tone changes.
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First tone
guā
3
Third tone
guǎ
4
Fourth tone
guà
Sound in context
Words using this pronunciation family
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刮guā
to blow
西瓜xīguāwatermelon
挂guàto hang
挂号guàhàoto register
黄瓜huángguācucumber
八卦bāguàthe eight divinatory trigrams of the Book of Changes 易經|易经[Yi4 jing1]
瓜guāmelon, gourd, squash, cucumber
孤陋寡闻gūlòu-guǎwénignorant and inexperienced
瓜分guāfēnto partition
刮目相看guāmù-xiāngkànto have a whole new level of respect for sb or sth