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堪 kān Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
kān | kan1
English translation
to endure
may
can
to endure; adequate, capable, worthy

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About 堪 kān

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Number of strokes

12

Traditional form

堪 kān

Contains the radical

土 Tǔ

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

Learning hint

One with a considerable amount 甚 shén of land 土 Tǔ

Etymology of 堪 kān

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

⿰土甚

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Example sentences using 堪 kān

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一群小个子黄种 huáng zhǒng 人 rén ,穿 chuān 的 de 是 shì 破烂不堪的 de 绿 lǜ 军装 jūn zhuāng ,蹲 dūn 在 zài 车上, 挤 jǐ 成 Chéng 了 le 一 yī 团 tuán .

In the trucks little yellow men in shabby greenish uniforms were squatting, jammed close together.

那些 nà xiē 动物 dòngwù 体重 tǐ zhòng 明显 míngxiǎn 下降 xià jiàng , 瘦 shòu 多 duō 了 le , 简直 jiǎnzhí 是 shì 憔悴 qiáo cuì 不堪 bùkān .

The animals had lost weight noticeably, becoming lean, almost emaciated.

这 zhè 楼 Lóu 已 yǐ 破败 pò bài 不堪 bùkān .

The building is now a ruin.

可是 kěshì 这样 zhè yàng 被 bèi 骗 piàn 认输 rèn shū 太 tài 让 ràng 人 rén 难堪 nánkān 了 le !

But, oh, the wretchedness of being forced this way!

站 zhàn 一整天的确 díquè 会 huì 把 bǎ 人累得 dé 疲惫不堪.

Standing on your feet all day really fags you out.

Words with 堪 kān

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
堪 kān may堪 kān
难堪 nánkān hard to take難堪
不堪 bùkān cannot bear不堪 bùkān
堪称 kān chēng can be rated as堪稱
不堪设想 bù kān shè xiǎng unthinkable不堪設想
不堪一击 bù kān yī jī to collapse at the first blow不堪一擊
堪萨斯州 Kān sà sī zhōu Kansas, US state堪薩斯州
堪忧 kān yōu worrying堪憂
拥挤不堪 yōng jǐ bù kān overcrowded擁擠不堪
堪培拉 Kān péi lā Canberra, capital of Australia堪培拉 Kān péi lā
狼狈不堪 láng bèi bù kān battered and exhausted狼狽不堪
不堪入目 bù kān rù mù an eyesore不堪入目 bù kān rù mù
斯堪的纳维亚 Sī kān dì nà wéi yà Scandinavia斯堪的納維亞
堪萨斯 Kān sà sī Kansas, US state堪薩斯
堪察加半岛 Kān chá jiā Bàn dǎo Kamchatka Peninsula, far-eastern Russia堪察加半島
堪舆 kān yú geomancy堪輿
堪虞 kān yú worrisome堪虞 kān yú

堪 kān Decomposition & Compounds

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堪 kān Decomposition

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