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zhān

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zhān Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
zhān | zhan1
English translation
to moisten
to be infected by
to receive benefit or advantage through a contact
to touch
variant of zhān [zhān]
to moisten, to soak, to wet; to touch

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About zhān

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Number of strokes

8

Traditional form

zhān

Contains the radical

shuǐ

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

Learning hint

water

Etymology of zhān

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

氵占

Semantic compound

shuǐ

Phonetic compound

zhàn

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. shuǐ represents the meaning and zhàn represents the sound. Simplified form of zhān .

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Example sentences using zhān

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绿油油 yóu yóu de cǎo shǎng zhān zhāo 露珠 lù zhū , 苹果 píngguǒ yòu 绿又 shēng , 不过 bùguò 已经 yǐjīng 芳香 fāng xiāng 扑鼻 pū bí .

The grass was dewy, the apples green and raw, but already fragrant.

为什么 wèishénme diǎo fèn 沾污 de tóng xiàng jìng 干干净净 de 铜象 gēng 具有 jù yǒu 威仪 wēi yí ?

Why is a bird - soiled statue more commanding than one that is clean?

Xuě zhān shǒu jiù huā .

The snowflakes melt the moment they touch one's hand.

那满 xiōng 满肚 de Máo dōu 亮晶晶 liàng jīng jīng de 沾满 zhān mǎn le 汗水 hàn shuǐ .

His body hair was slicked with perspiration.

总是 zǒngshì 穿 chuān zhāo 那条沾满 zhān mǎn 油污 yóu wū de jiù 牛仔裤 niúzǎikù .

He always wears the oily old pair of jeans.

Words with zhān

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
zhān to moisten zhān
沾满 zhān mǎn muddy沾滿
沾染 zhān rǎn to be infected by沾染 zhān rǎn
沾沾自喜 zhān zhān zì xǐ immeasurably self-satisfied沾沾自喜 zhān zhān zì xǐ
沾边 zhān biān to be relevant沾邊
沾光 zhānguāng to bask in the light沾光 zhānguāng
沾湿 zhān shī to moisten沾濕
沾花惹草 zhān huā rě cǎo to womanize沾花惹草 zhān huā rě cǎo
沾化 Zhān huà Zhanhu county in Binzhou 濱州|滨州 Bīn zhōu [Bīn​zhōu], Shandong沾化 Zhān huà
沾益 Zhān yì Zhanyi county in Qujing 曲靖 Qǔ jìng [Qǔ​jìng], Yunnan霑益
沾益县 Zhān yì xiàn Zhanyi county in Qujing 曲靖 Qǔ jìng [Qǔ​jìng], Yunnan霑益縣
沾化县 Zhān huà xiàn Zhanhu county in Binzhou 濱州|滨州 Bīn zhōu [Bīn​zhōu], Shandong沾化縣
均沾 jūn zhān to share (profits)均沾 jūn zhān

zhān Decomposition & Compounds

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zhān Decomposition

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zhān Compounds

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