垫
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pad; cushion; mat; to pad out; to fill a gap; to pay for sb; to advance (money)
- HSK 3.0
- Level 7–9
- Old HSK
- Level 6
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 土 +6
- Structure
- Top–bottom 上下
- Traditional
- 墊
- Common rank
- #1,427
- Unicode
- U+57AB
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Formation & memory
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Words with 垫
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| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 垫江县 | Dianjiang, a county in Chongqing 重慶|重庆[Chong2 qing4] | |
| 草垫子 | straw mattress; palliasse | |
| 垫脚石 | stepping stone; fig. person used to advance one's career | |
| 月经垫 | sanitary towel; menopad | |
| 垫底儿 | erhua variant of 墊底|垫底[dian4 di3] | |
| 气垫船 | hovercraft | |
| 垫子 | cushion; mat; pad | |
| 垫上 | to pay for sb | |
| 气垫 | air cushion (as on hovercraft) | |
| 垫高 | a support; to raise; to bolster; to jack up | |
| 垫底费 | deductible (the part of an insurance claim paid by the insured); (UK English) excess | |
| 垫平 | to level (surfaces) | |
| 门垫 | doormat | |
| 垫江 | see 墊江縣|垫江县[Dian4 jiang1 Xian4] | |
| 卡垫 | (Tibetan) rug; mat | |
| 草垫 | straw mattress | |
| 垫脚 | litter (animal bedding) | |
| 止血垫 | dressing; pad to stop bleeding | |
| 肉垫 | pad (on animal paw) | |
| 垫片 | spacer; shim |
Sound family
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