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shèn Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
shèn | shen4
English translation
careful
cautious
old variant of shèn [shèn]
cautious, prudent

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About shèn

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Number of strokes

13

Traditional form

shèn

Contains the radical

xīn

Part of speech

Name of a person / 人名 rén míng Rénmíng

Learning hint

heart

Etymology of shèn

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

忄真

Semantic compound

xīn

Phonetic compound

zhēn

Explanation

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

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Example sentences using shèn

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利尔 jiù 这样 zhè yàng yòu 谨慎 jǐnshèn yòu 活跃 huóyuè de tóng 那个 nà ge 饭摊 pāo shǎng le .

Collier and I infested the grub tent with care and activity.

探险 tàn xiǎn zhě men 谨慎 jǐnshèn de 独木舟 dú mù zhōu Xiàng 上游 shàngyóu huá .

The explorers paddled their canoe cautiously upstream.

yòng de hán Dōng 莨菪 làng dàng jiǎn de 晕车 yùn chē yào , 儿童 értóng Yìng 慎用.

Patches containing the drug scopolamine, used are not recommended for children.

ràng 热心 rèxīn 超越 chāoyuè le 谨慎 jǐnshèn (( yīn 过于 guòyú 热心 rèxīn ér yǒu 轻率 qīng shuài 之举)).

He let his zeal outrun discretion.

何慎 ān 赶快 gǎnkuài 接着 jiēzhe shuì , 便 biàn Zuò zài 冯云卿 de 对面 duìmiàn .

Ho Shen - an hurriedly assured him, then sat down opposite him.

Words with shèn

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
谨慎 jǐnshèn cautious謹慎
慎重 shènzhòng cautious慎重 shènzhòng
shèn careful shèn
不慎 bù shèn incautious不慎 bù shèn
小心谨慎 xiǎo xīn jǐn shèn careful小心謹慎
审慎 shěn shèn prudent審慎
慎独 shèn dú to preserve a proper behavior in private life慎獨
石原慎太郎 Shí yuán Shèn tài láng Ishihara Jintarō (1932-), Japanese author and politician, governor of Tokyo since 1999石原慎太郎 Shí yuán Shèn tài láng
许慎 Xǔ Shèn Xu Shen (-147) the compiler of the original Han dynasty dictionary Shuowen Jiezi 說文解字|说文解字 Shuō wén Jiě zì [Shuō​wén​Jiě​zì]許慎
慎密 shèn mì cautious慎密 shèn mì
戒慎 jiè shèn vigilant戒慎 jiè shèn
肃慎 Sù shèn ancient ethnic group of northeast frontier of China肅慎
慎终追远 shèn zhōng zhuī yuǎn to pay careful attention to one's parents' funerary rites慎終追遠
慎重其事 shèn zhòng qí shì to treat a matter with due consideration (idiom)慎重其事 shèn zhòng qí shì

shèn Decomposition & Compounds

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shèn Decomposition

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