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jiān

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jiān Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
jiān | jian1
English translation
sound of moving water
Pīnyīn Pronunciation
qiǎn | qian3
English translation
shallow
light (color)
shallow, superficial

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About jiān

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Number of strokes

8

Traditional form

qiǎn

Contains the radical

shuǐ

Part of speech

Adjective / 形容词 xíng róng cí Xíngróng cí

Learning hint

water

Etymology of jiān

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

氵戋

Semantic compound

shuǐ

Phonetic compound

jiān

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. shuǐ represents the meaning and jiān represents the sound. Simplified form of qiǎn .

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Example sentences using jiān

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duì 这些 zhè xiē mèng suǒ 显示 xiǎnshì 出来 chū lái de 肤浅 fū qiǎn de 爱好 àihào 大为 dà wéi 失望 shīwàng .

I was badly disappointed by the shallow interests such dreams betrayed.

他们 tā men Cháng 浅滩 qiǎn tān shè 蛤蜊 gé lí .

They often go clamming.

牧童 mù tóng qiān zhāo Niú tǎng Guò jiān .

The cowboy splashed his way across the shallow stream with his cow.

Xīn shuā de 颜色 yánsè 较浅, 使 shǐ 原来 yuánlái 的漆显露 xiǎn lù 出来 chū lái .

The new color is lighter, and the old paint shows through.

zhè piān 课文 kè wén hěn jiān .

This lesson is very easy.

Words with jiān

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
jiān shallow qiǎn
肤浅 fū qiǎn skin-deep膚淺
搁浅 gē qiǎn to run aground擱淺
浅薄 qiǎn bó superficial淺薄
浅色 qiǎn sè light color淺色
受益匪浅 shòu yì fěi qiǎn to benefit (from)受益匪淺
深浅 shēn qiǎn deep or shallow深淺
浅水 qiǎn shuǐ shallow water淺水
目光短浅 mù guāng duǎn qiǎn to be shortsighted目光短淺
浅显 qiǎn xiǎn plain淺顯
浅滩 qiǎn tān shallows淺灘
浅海 qiǎn hǎi shallow sea淺海
粗浅 cū qiǎn shallow粗淺
深入浅出 shēn rù qiǎn chū (of language) simple and easy to understand深入淺出
害人不浅 hài rén bù qiǎn to cause a lot of trouble害人不淺
短浅 duǎn qiǎn narrow and shallow短淺
浅析 qiǎn xī primary, elementary or coarse analysis淺析
浅尝辄止 qiǎn cháng zhé zhǐ to attempt half-heartedly淺嚐輒止
浅见 qiǎn jiàn shallow opinion淺見
浅淡 qiǎn dàn pale淺淡
浅陋 qiǎn lòu shallow and crude淺陋

jiān Decomposition & Compounds

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jiān Decomposition

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