闪 Shǎn

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Traditional form

閃 shǎn

Contains the radical

门 Mén

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

A man 人 rén just glimpsed through a door 门 Mén

Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

⿵门人

Explanation

Simplified form of 閃 shǎn . Depicts a person (人 rén ) standing in the middle of a doorway (門 mén ).

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Broaden your vocabulary by interacting with 5 audio-assisted sentences using the Chinese word 闪 Shǎn in different contexts.

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富兰克林 Fù lán kè lín 的 de 实验 shíyàn 表明 biǎomíng 闪电 shǎndiàn 是 shì 一 yī 种 zhǒng 放电 fàng diàn .

Franklin's experiments showed that the lightning is an electrical discharge.

闪电 shǎndiàn 把 bǎ 一 yī 棵 kē 树 shù 劈 pī 开 kāi 了 le .

The lightening splintered a tree.

流星 liú xīng 像 xiàng 一 yī 道 dào 闪光 shǎn guāng 划 huá 过 Guò 天空 tiānkōng .

Like a flash of lightning, the meteor shot across the sky.

辉石 huī shí 与 yú 闪石 shǎn shí 也 Yě 含有 hán yǒu 钙 gài .

Pyroxenes and amphiboles also contain calcium.

闪电 shǎndiàn 在 zài 天空 tiānkōng 划 huá 出 chū 一 yī 道 dào Z字形 zì xíng .

The lightning made a zigzag in the sky.

Explore 23 words and sayings that include the Chinese character 闪 Shǎn in their composition.

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Simplified	Meaning	Traditional
闪 Shǎn	to dodge	閃 shǎn
闪电 shǎndiàn	lightning	閃電
闪亮 shǎn liàng	brilliant	閃亮
闪闪 shǎn shǎn	flickering	閃閃
闪耀 shǎn yào	to glint	閃耀
闪烁 shǎnshuò	flickering	閃爍
闪开 shǎn kāi	to get out of the way	閃開
闪光 shǎn guāng	flash	閃光
闪光灯 shǎn guāng dēng	flash bulb (photography)	閃光燈
闪过 shǎn guò	to flash through (one's mind)	閃過
闪现 shǎn xiàn	to flash	閃現
闪动 shǎn dòng	to flicker or flash	閃動
躲闪 duǒ shǎn	to evade	躲閃
闪光点 shǎn guāng diǎn	lit. flash point	閃光點
闪失 shǎn shī	mishap	閃失
闪避 shǎn bì	to dodge	閃避
闪身 shǎn shēn	to dodge	閃身
亮闪闪 liàng shǎn shǎn	bright	亮閃閃
闪躲 shǎn duǒ	to dodge	閃躲
闪电战 shǎn diàn zhàn	blitzkrieg	閃電戰
电闪 diàn shǎn	lightning flashes	電閃
忽闪 hū shǎn	to glitter	忽閃
躲躲闪闪 duǒ duǒ shǎn shǎn	to evade	躲躲閃閃