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How do you say "sunglasses" in Chinese?
墨镜
mò jìng
In Chinese, "sunglasses" is 墨镜.
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Pronunciation
Mò (high falling tone) jìng (high falling tone). Drop on both 'muo' and 'jing'.
Writing and usage
Two characters. 墨 (mò, ink or dark) has 13 strokes. 镜 (jìng, mirror) has 14 strokes.
Example sentence
他穿着墨镜。
He is wearing sunglasses.
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How to remember 墨镜
Dark-mirror or ink-mirror. Sunglasses are dark-tinted mirrors for the eyes.
Related words
- belt 腰带 yāo dài
- coat 大衣 dà yī
- dress 裙子 qún zi
- fabric 布料 bù liào
- jeans 牛仔裤 niú zǎi kù
- money 钱 qián
- socks 袜子 wà zi
- t-shirt T恤 T xù
- zipper 拉链 lā liàn
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Questions about 墨镜
How do you say "sunglasses" in Chinese?
In Chinese, "sunglasses" is 墨镜. It is a noun.
How is 墨镜 written in Chinese?
Two characters. 墨 (mò, ink or dark) has 13 strokes. 镜 (jìng, mirror) has 14 strokes.
How is 墨镜 used in a sentence?
Use 墨镜 as you would use the equivalent noun in English. For example: 他穿着墨镜。 (He is wearing sunglasses.).
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"Sunglasses" in other languages
- Japanese サングラス (sangurasu)
- Korean 선글라스 (seongeullaseu)
- Spanish las gafas de sol
- Spanish (Latin America) los lentes de sol
- French les lunettes de soleil
- German die Sonnenbrille
- Italian gli occhiali da sole
- Russian солнцезащитные очки (solncezaŝitnye očki)
- Greek τα γυαλιά ηλίου (ta yalia iliu)
- Arabic نضارة شمس (naddaarit shams)
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