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jiǎn

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jiǎn Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
jiǎn | jian3
English translation
to pick up
to collect
to gather
to pick up, to gather, to collect

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About jiǎn

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Number of strokes

10

Traditional form

jiǎn

Contains the radical

shǒu

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

hand

Etymology of jiǎn

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

扌佥

Semantic compound

shǒu

Phonetic compound

qiān

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. shǒu represents the meaning and qiān represents the sound. Simplified form of jiǎn .

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Example sentences using jiǎn

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shì Cóng 零开始培养 péiyǎng 起来 qǐlai , Cóng 阴沟 jiǎn 起来 qǐlai de .

" I raised him up out of nothing , right out of the gutter.

真是 zhēn shi 运气 yùnqi , zài ǎi shù páng jiǎn dào le zhè xiǎo tuán 纸头.

As luck would have it , I spied this bit of paper in the hedge.

懒洋洋 lǎn yāng yāng 地弯 xià yāo jiǎn le 起来 qǐlai , Huán gěi le .

I picked it up with a weary bend and handed it back to her.

xiàn zài ,正衔 zhāo 旱烟管, zài 洞窟 dòng kū 随手 suíshǒu jiǎn fān .

With a pipe in his mouth , Taoist Wang jumbled through his new discoveries in the cave.

wéi 此行重新 chóngxīn jiǎn 西班牙语 Xī bān yá yǔ lái de 杰奎琳 Jié kuí lín péi 一道 yī dào .

Jacqueline , turning up her Spanish for the occasion, went with him.

Words with jiǎn

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
jiǎn to pick up jiǎn

jiǎn Decomposition & Compounds

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jiǎn Decomposition

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