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hàn

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hàn Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
hàn | han4
English translation
drought
dry; drought; desert

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About hàn

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Number of strokes

7

Traditional form

hàn

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

Learning hint

The sun  baking a desert  gān gān also provides the pronunciation

Etymology of hàn

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

日干

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and gān represents the sound.

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Example sentences using hàn

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xiàn zài ,正衔 zhāo 旱烟管, zài 洞窟 dòng kū 随手 suíshǒu jiǎn fān .

With a pipe in his mouth , Taoist Wang jumbled through his new discoveries in the cave.

久旱 de 禾苗 hé miáo féng 甘雨.

A sweet rain falls on the parched seedlings.

报道 bàodào shuì ,如果 rúguǒ 西班牙 Xī bān yá de 干旱 gānhàn 情况 qíngkuàng zài 今年 jīn nián Qiū 得不到 dé bù dào 缓解 huǎnjiě , 当地 dāngdì de 饮用水 yǐn yòng shuǐ jiāng bèi 限量供应.

If the drought continues through autumn, water may need to be rationed.

这些 zhè xiē shù Néng 挡住 dǎng zhù hàn fēng ,保护 bǎohù 农田 nóng tián .

These trees will shield off arid winds and protect the fields.

长期 cháng qī de 干旱 gānhàn 使 shǐ 所有 suǒyǒu de Jǐng dōu 干涸 gān hé le .

The long drought dried up all the wells.

Words with hàn

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
干旱 gānhàn drought乾旱
hàn drought hàn
抗旱 kàng hàn drought-resistant抗旱 kàng hàn
旱冰 hàn bīng roller skating旱冰 hàn bīng
旱灾 hàn zāi drought旱災
旱情 hàn qíng drought conditions旱情 hàn qíng
旱獭 hàn tǎ marmot旱獺
旱鸭子 hàn yā zi non-swimmer旱鴨子
旱涝保收 hàn lào bǎo shōu to bring a stable income旱澇保收
旱象 hàn xiàng drought旱象 hàn xiàng
旱烟 hàn yān tobacco (smoked in a long-stemmed pipe)旱煙
滑旱冰 huá hàn bīng (roller)blading滑旱冰 huá hàn bīng
荒旱 huāng hàn drought and famine荒旱 huāng hàn
旱金莲 hàn jīn lián garden nasturtium旱金蓮
干旱土 Gān hàn tǔ Aridosols (Chinese Soil Taxonomy)乾旱土

hàn Decomposition & Compounds

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hàn Decomposition

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hàn Compounds

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  • hàn
    • hàn , hàn , hàn , hàn , hàn , gān , hàn , , , , gān , , , gǎn , , gǎn , hàn
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