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shàn

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shàn Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
shàn | shan4
English translation
without authority
to usurp
to arrogate to oneself
to monopolize
expert in
to be good at
to claim, to monopolize; arbitrary

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About shàn

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Number of strokes

16

Traditional form

shàn

Contains the radical

shǒu

Part of speech

Verb-like morpheme / 动词性语素 Dòngcí xìng yǔsù

Learning hint

hand

Etymology of shàn

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

扌亶

Semantic compound

shǒu

Phonetic compound

dǎn

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Example sentences using shàn

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shuí 擅自 shànzì yòng Guò de 照相机 zhàoxiàngjī ?

Who interfered with my camera?

lìng xiē rén 擅长 shàncháng kuài tóu 成木 liàn huò lóng Zhōng qiú ”.

Others specialize in carving wooden chains or a " ball in cage " from one piece of wood.

天生 tiānshēng 擅长 shàncháng 交际 jiāojì de 祖先 zǔxiān Zēng shì 封建 fēngjiàn 领主 lǐng zhǔ

Diplomacy was in his blood: his ancestors had been feudal lords.

鼹鼠 yǎn shǔ de 前足非常 fēicháng 有力 yǒu lì 擅长 shàncháng 挖洞 wā dòng

Moles have powerful forefeet for digging.

这份工作 gōngzuò 适合 shìhé 擅长 shàncháng 算术 suàn shù de rén

It's not a job for anyone who is slow with numbers.

Words with shàn

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
擅长 shàncháng to be good at擅長
擅自 shànzì without permission擅自 shànzì
shàn to usurp shàn
擅离职守 shàn lí zhí shǒu to abscond擅離職守
擅权 shàn quán to arrogate power擅權
专擅 zhuān shàn without authorization專擅
擅断 shàn duàn arbitrary擅斷

shàn Decomposition & Compounds

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shàn Decomposition

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