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chàn

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chàn Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
chàn | chan4
English translation
to shiver, to tremble; trembling

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About chàn

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Number of strokes

22

Traditional form

chàn

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Non-morpheme / 非语素字 Fēi yǔsù zì

Learning hint

leaf

Etymology of chàn

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

亶頁

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

dǎn

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Words with chàn

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
颤抖 chàndǒu to shudder顫抖
chàn to tremble chàn
颤动 chàn dòng to tremble顫動
震颤 zhèn chàn to tremble震顫
颤栗 zhàn lì to tremble顫慄
颤声 chàn shēng trill (of voice)顫聲
颤音 chàn yīn trill (in phonetics)顫音
颤巍巍 chàn wēi wēi trembling顫巍巍
发颤 fā chàn to shiver發顫
心惊胆颤 xīn jīng dǎn chàn scared witless心驚膽顫
胆颤心惊 dǎn chàn xīn jīng panic-stricken膽顫心驚
惊颤 jīng chàn to quake in fear驚顫

chàn Decomposition & Compounds

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