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jiàn

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jiàn Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
jiàn | jian4
English translation
to fulfill (a promise)
to tread
to walk
to trample, to tread on, to walk over

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About jiàn

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Number of strokes

12

Traditional form

jiàn

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

foot

Etymology of jiàn

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

足戋

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

jiān

Explanation

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

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Example sentences using jiàn

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一分实践 shíjiàn dāng 十分 shífēn 理论 lǐlùn .

An ounce of practice is worth a pound of theory.

很快发现 fāxiàn ,付诸实践 yuǎn 心中 xīn zhōng 构想 gòu xiǎng 困难 kùnnan duō .

I soon found I had undertaken a task of more difficulty than I had imagined.

苏格拉底 Sū gé lā dǐ shì 这种 zhè zhǒng 理性 lǐ xìng 分析法 fēn xī fǎ 探求 tàn qiú 基本 jīběn 假设 jiǎshè de zuì 伟大 wěidà de 实践者.

Socrates was the greatest practitioner of this analytical search for fundamental assumptions.

仿 fǎng yòng 自己 zìjǐ de hòu 靴子 xuē zi 无情地践踏 jiàntà le cóng 风信子 fēng xìn zǐ .

It was as if he had hacked with his thick boots at a clump of bluebells.

Cóng 实践 shíjiàn 出发 chūfā ,分别 fēnbié 介绍 jièshào le 声学 shēng xué 吉他 jí tā diàn 吉他 jí tā de shè yīn 技巧 jìqiǎo .

Pick - up skills for acoustic and electric guitar were respectively introduced from practice.

Words with jiàn

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
实践 shíjiàn practice實踐
践踏 jiàntà to trample踐踏
jiàn to tread jiàn
作践 zuò jiàn to ill-use作踐
践行 jiàn xíng to practice踐行
勾践 Gōu Jiàn King Gou Jian of Yue (c. 470 BC), sometimes considered one of the Five Hegemons 春秋五霸 Chūn qiū Wǔ bà 勾踐
糟践 zāo jian to waste糟踐
践约 jiàn yuē to keep a promise踐約

jiàn Decomposition & Compounds

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jiàn Decomposition

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