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jiān

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jiān Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
jiān | jian1
English translation
to imbue
gradual
gradually

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About jiān

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Number of strokes

11

Traditional form

jiàn

Contains the radical

shuǐ

Part of speech

Adverb / 副词 fù cí Fù cí

Learning hint

water

Etymology of jiān

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

氵斩

Semantic compound

shuǐ

Phonetic compound

zhǎn

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. shuǐ represents the meaning and zhǎn represents the sound. Simplified form of jiàn .

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Example sentences using jiān

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Fāng 鸿 hóng 渐要 bào 小姐 xiǎojie 欢心 huān xīn ,便 biàn Hēi tián 朱古力 zhū gǔ lì 小姐 xiǎojie 那些 nà xiē 亲昵 qīn nì de 称呼 chēnghu 告诉 gàosu .

He tried to amuse her by calling her the affectionate nicknames " Dark Sweetie " and " Miss Chocolate. "

zài de 一头 yī tóu 黑发 hēi fà 之中 zhī zhōng 渐渐 jiàn jiàn 生出 shēng chū 缕缕 yín .

His black hair was tinged with grey.

这种 zhè zhǒng 情形 qíngxing 导致 dǎozhì le yuán 东西 dōngxī 双方 shuāngfāng jiān de 埋怨 mányuàn 不满 bù mǎn 逐渐 zhújiàn 增加 zēngjiā .

The situation is causing simmering resentment in both halves of Germany.

Fāng 鸿 hóng jiān ǎi le 半截 bàn jié , 想不到 xiǎng bu dào 老头子 lǎo tóu zi 这样 zhè yàng 精明 jīng míng .

Fang Hung - chien was shaken to the core , never expecting his father to be quite so shrewd.

hǎo de 宽阔 kuān kuò 道路 dào lù 渐渐 jiàn jiàn 变窄, Chéng le tiáo 崎岖 qí qū 不平 bù píng de 小径 xiǎo jìng .

The wide paved road degenerated into a narrow bumpy track.

Words with jiān

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
逐渐 zhújiàn gradually逐漸
渐渐 jiàn jiàn gradually漸漸
jiān gradual jiàn
日渐 rì jiàn more (or better etc) with each passing day日漸
循序渐进 xúnxùjiànjìn in sequence, step by step (idiom); to make steady progress incrementally循序漸進
渐进 jiàn jìn gradual progress漸進
渐变 jiàn biàn gradual change漸變
防微杜渐 fáng wēi dù jiàn to nip in the bud (idiom)防微杜漸
渐次 jiàn cì gradually漸次
渐新世 Jiàn xīn shì Oligocene (geological epoch from 34m-24m years ago)漸新世
渐新统 jiàn xīn tǒng Oligocene system (geology)漸新統

jiān Decomposition & Compounds

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jiān Decomposition

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