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cán

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cán Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
cán | can2
English translation
variant of cán
> cán [cán]
ashamed
ashamed, humiliated; shameful

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About cán

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Number of strokes

11

Traditional form

Contains the radical

xīn

Part of speech

Adjective / 形容词 xíng róng cí Xíngróng cí

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Etymology of cán

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

忄斩

Semantic compound

xīn

Phonetic compound

zhǎn

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. xīn represents the meaning and zhǎn represents the sound. Simplified form of cán .

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Example sentences using cán

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一方面 yī fāng miàn Dōng wéi 车上 de 乘客 chéng kè 感到 gǎn dào 惭愧 cánkuì .

On one hand, Tony was ashamed of the people on the train.

当然 dāngrán ,常常 cháng cháng Xiàng rén jiè Qián 自己 zìjǐ huì 惭愧 cánkuì de .

Of course he would be ashamed to borrow often.

de 表演 biǎoyǎn zhēn ràng 自惭形秽 zì cán xíng huì

His playing really put me to shame.

duì 自己 zìjǐ 那么 nà me de Huǒ ér 深感 shēn gǎn 惭愧 cánkuì

I felt incredibly ashamed of myself for getting so angry.

孩子 háizi 表现 biǎoxiàn 不佳时 yāo ràng 他们 tā men 知道 zhīdào dàn 不能 bù néng 让他们自惭形秽 zì cán xíng huì

When your children misbehave tell them without making them feel small.

Words with cán

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
惭愧 cánkuì ashamed慚愧
cán ashamed
大言不惭 dà yán bù cán to talk big大言不慚
自惭形秽 zì cán xíng huì to feel inferior自慚形穢
羞惭 xiū cán a disgrace羞慚

cán Decomposition & Compounds

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cán Decomposition

See the 3 Chinese characters that make up cán and their own compounds.

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