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HSK
5

to control

Composition


Components

Sounds

Pinyin

kong4 kòng

Meaning


Primary

to control

Alternatives

control, controlled, controlling, controls

Mnemonic


[k-] Kermit the Frog is in the [4] bathroom of the [-ong] temple where he is on top of a walking dollhouse. He moves through the hot spring, past the monks, as he 控 controls the walking dollhouse with a 工 cross-beam that sticks out of its roof. He can 控 control the direction it goes with his 扌 finger. The monks in the bathroom hot spring cannot 控 control their amazement that a frog is riding on top of a walking dollhouse right before their eyes!

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