椭圆

椭圆 tuǒyuán in a sentence

Oval (elliptical)

Full dictionary entry HSK 6 2 sentences

椭圆 (tuǒyuán) means Oval (elliptical). Below are 2 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.

Dictionary examples

这张桌子是 椭圆 形的。

Zhè zhāng zhuōzi shì tuǒyuán xíng de.

This table is oval.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 椭圆

地球绕太阳沿 椭圆 轨道运行。

Dìqiú rào tàiyáng yán tuǒyuán guǐdào yùnxíng.

The earth travels round the sun in an elliptical orbit.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 椭圆

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How is 椭圆 used in a sentence?

This page shows 2 sentences using 椭圆 (tuǒyuán, "Oval (elliptical)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.

Are these sentences machine generated?

No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.

Is 椭圆 an HSK word?

Yes — 椭圆 is on the official HSK 6 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 6 page.

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The dictionary page for 椭圆 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.

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