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chán

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chán Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 5 English Translations of the word chán .

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
chán | chan2
English translation
gluttonous
greedy
to have a craving
greedy, gluttonous; lewd, lecherous

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About chán

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Number of strokes

12

Traditional form

chán

Contains the radical

shí

Part of speech

Adjective / 形容词 xíng róng cí Xíngróng cí

Learning hint

eat

Etymology of chán

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

shí

Semantic compound

shí

Phonetic compound

shí

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Example sentences using chán

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běn Xīn chū 烹饪 pēngrèn Shū shǎng de 实物 shí wù 照片 zhàopiàn 非常 fēicháng 诱人 yòu rén , zhēn 使 shǐ chán .

The photographs in that new recipe book really make my mouth water.

桌上 de 东西 dōngxī 味道 wèidao zhēn hǎo , chán Zhí liú 口水 kǒu shuǐ .

That food on the table smells good; it makes my mouth water.

小明特别 tèbié chán , 看见 kànjiàn ròu jiù liǎng yǎn fàng guāng .

Xiao Ming is greedy, his eyes will glow whenever he sees meat.

kān 起来 qǐlai zhēn chán rén .

It looks so inviting.

de 舌头 shétou chán hǎo jiǔ .

My tongue became sensitized to good wine.

Words with chán

Explore 8 words and sayings that include the Chinese character chán in their composition.

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
chán greedy chán
馋嘴 chán zuǐ gluttonous饞嘴
解馋 jiě chán to eat to one's heart's content解饞
眼馋 yǎn chán to covet眼饞
嘴馋 zuǐ chán gluttonous嘴饞
馋涎欲滴 chán xián yù dī greedy饞涎欲滴
贪馋 tān chán gluttonous貪饞
眼馋肚饱 yǎn chán dù bǎo to have eyes bigger than one's belly (idiom)眼饞肚飽

chán Decomposition & Compounds

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chán Decomposition

See the 1 Chinese characters that make up chán and their own compounds.

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