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chán

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chán Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
chán | chan2
English translation
variant of zhǎn
> chán [chán]
precipitous
Pīnyīn Pronunciation
zhǎn | zhan3
English translation
variant of zhǎn
> chán [zhǎn]
high
very
new, bold; steep, high

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About chán

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Number of strokes

11

Traditional form

zhǎn

Contains the radical

Shān

Part of speech

Attributive / 区别词 Qūbié cí

Learning hint

mountain

Etymology of chán

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

山斩

Semantic compound

Shān

Phonetic compound

zhǎn

Explanation

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

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Example sentences using chán

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Chén 秋兰, liào 美玲 Měi líng ( 1999 ) 崭新 zhǎnxīn ér 实用 shíyòng de 英语 Yīng yǔ 教学 jiào xué , 敦煌 Dūn huáng ,台北 Tái běi .

Halliwell, Susan ( 1992 ) Teaching English in the Primary Classroom, Longman.

那条防水 fáng shuǐ 崭新 zhǎnxīn 笔挺 bǐ tǐng

His waterproof trousers were brand new and stiff.

原来 yuánlái de 居民 jūmín 可能 kěnéng huì 认不出这个 zhè ge 崭新 zhǎnxīn de 城镇 chéng zhèn le

The new town would have been unrecognisable to the original inhabitants.

年轻 niánqīng de 指挥家 zhǐ huī jiā men zài xiǎo 乐队 yuè duì huò xiǎo 歌剧院 gē jù yuàn 崭露头角 zhǎn lù tóu jiǎo

Young conductors earn their spurs in a small orchestra or opera house.

昨天 zuótiān gěi 自己 zìjǐ mǎi le 一辆崭新 zhǎnxīn de 小汽车 xiǎo qì chē

Yesterday he went off to buy himself a brand-new car.

Words with chán

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
崭新 zhǎnxīn brand new嶄新
崭露头角 zhǎn lù tóu jiǎo to reveal outstanding talent (idiom); to stand out as conspicuously brilliant嶄露頭角
chán high zhǎn
崭亮 zhǎn liàng shining嶄亮
崭齐 zhǎn qí orderly嶄齊

chán Decomposition & Compounds

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chán Decomposition

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