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Meaning

cluster; collection; collection of books; thicket

Chinese: 聚集在一起的草木或人事物。

Hear the Four Tones

The same syllable “cong” becomes a different word in each tone. 丛 is the 2nd tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.

Stroke Order

Tap Animate to watch the strokes in order, or Practice to trace it yourself.

Common Words

  • 丛林cóng línjungle; thicket; forest; Buddhist monastery
  • 人丛rén cóngcrowd of people
  • 丛生cóng shēnggrowing as a thicket; overgrown; breaking out everywhere (of disease, social disorder etc)
  • 丛书cóng shūa series of books; a collection of books
  • 丛集cóng jíto crowd together; to pile up; to cluster; (book) collection

Example Sentence

花丛中飞来了几只蝴蝶。Huā cóng zhōng fēi lái le jǐ zhī hú dié.A few butterflies flew into the flower clusters.

花丛Huā cóngcluster of flowerszhōngmiddlefēito flyláito comele(completed action)small tablezhīonly蝴蝶hú diébutterfly