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zhàn Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
zhàn | zhan4
English translation
warehouse; tavern, inn

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About zhàn

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Number of strokes

9

Traditional form

zhàn

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

Learning hint

wood

Etymology of zhàn

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

木戋

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

jiān

Explanation

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

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Example sentences using zhàn

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这家 lǎo 客栈 kè zhàn 有些 yǒu xiē 浪漫 làngmàn 气氛 qìfēn .

There is an air of romance about the old inn.

也许 yěxǔ suǒ yǒu de 禁酒 jìn jiǔ 客栈 kè zhàn dōu yǒu 闹鬼 nào guǐ de 房间 fángjiān , wéi , 哈克, shuì 是不是 shì bù shì ? ”

Maybe ALL the Temperance Taverns have got a ha'nted room, hey, Huck? "

他们 tā men yāo děng jiāo le 保管费之后 zhī hòu cái Néng 家具 jiājù bān chū 货栈 huò zhàn .

Their furniture will stay in the warehouse until they have paid the storage fee.

zài 客栈 kè zhàn qián de 水泵 shuǐ bèng 旁洗 le 洗脸 xǐ liǎn

She washed her face at the pump in front of the inn.

zài 昨日 zuó rì 星辰 xīng chén 客栈 kè zhàn zǒng 有种 yǒu zhǒng 宾至如归 bīn zhì rú guī de 感觉 gǎnjué

I always feel at home at Ye Olde Starre Inn.

Words with zhàn

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
客栈 kè zhàn tavern客棧
zhàn a warehouse zhàn
栈道 zhàn dào plank walkway constructed on the face of a cliff棧道
货栈 huò zhàn warehouse貨棧
栈桥 zhàn qiáo a pier棧橋
堆栈 duī zhàn storehouse堆棧
恋栈 liàn zhàn to be reluctant to give up a post戀棧
栈房 zhàn fáng warehouse棧房
粮栈 liáng zhàn wholesale grain store糧棧
驽马恋栈豆 nú mǎ liàn zhàn dòu an incompetent man clings to a good position (idiom)駑馬戀棧豆
栈存储器 zhàn cún chǔ qì stack memory (computing)棧存儲器

zhàn Decomposition & Compounds

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