Pronunciation

jiǎn

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jiǎn Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
jiǎn | jian3
English translation
to choose
to pick
to sort out
to pick up
to choose, to select; to gather, to pick up

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About jiǎn

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Number of strokes

8

Traditional form

jiǎn

Contains the radical

shǒu

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

hand

Etymology of jiǎn

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

扌柬

Semantic compound

shǒu

Phonetic compound

Jiǎn

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. shǒu represents the meaning and Jiǎn represents the sound. Simplified form of jiǎn .

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Example sentences using jiǎn

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可以 kěyǐ tiào dòu běn Shū , zhǐ jiǎn 那些 nà xiē 有关 yǒu guān de 段落 duàn luò dòu 一下 yīxià 即可 jí kě .

You may skip through a book, reading only those passages concerned.

jiǎn le 东西 dōngxī , chēng kāi zhǐ 纸袋 lái .

I got the things together and snapped open a bag.

丹尼 Dān ní 正在 zhèngzài 邮局 yóujú 后面 hòumian 屋子 wūzi jiǎn 邮件 yóu jiàn .

Danny was in the back of the post office, sorting packages.

天底下 tiān dǐ xia 任何 rènhé 力量 lìliang dōu Néng 使 shǐ jiǎn 蜘蛛 zhī zhū .

Nothing in the world would make me pick up a spider.

我们 wǒmen 总共 zǒnggòng 只花 le 三千美元 Měi yuán , shì jiǎn 便宜 biànyí de 价钱 jià qian .

We did the whole thing for $ 30 million, a bargain - basement price.

Words with jiǎn

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
jiǎn to choose jiǎn
挑三拣四 tiāo sān jiǎn sì to be picky挑三揀四
挑拣 tiāo jiǎn to select挑揀
拣选 jiǎn xuǎn to select揀選

jiǎn Decomposition & Compounds

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jiǎn Decomposition

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