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pān Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
pān | pan1
English translation
a river that flows into the Han; surname

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About pān

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Number of strokes

15

Traditional form

pān

Contains the radical

shuǐ

Part of speech

Name of a person / 人名 rén míng Rénmíng

Learning hint

water

Etymology of pān

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

氵番

Semantic compound

shuǐ

Phonetic compound

Pān

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. shuǐ represents the meaning and Pān represents the sound.

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Example sentences using pān

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pān 先生 Xiānsheng 心头 xīn tóu 突地 tiào 起来 qǐlai ,周身 zhōu shēn yǒu 一种 yī zhǒng 拘牵 jū qiān 自由 zìyóu de 感觉 gǎnjué .

Mr. Pan's heart skipped a beat and he felt trapped.

小潘认为 rènwéi zhè 是不讲道理 dàoli 不近人情 bù jìn rén qíng de 虐待 nüèdài ,感到 gǎn dào 惊讶 jīngyà 困感 愤怒 fènnù , dàn yòu 无可奈何 wú kě nài hé .

Pen was bewildered with wonder, perplexity, fury, at this monstrous and unreasonable persecution.

潘朵迅速 xùnsù de 子盖回去 huí qu , dàn tài Chí le .

Pandora quickly put the lid back on, but too late.

潘朵 bèi pài dào 人间 rénjiān 送给 sòng gěi 伊比米修斯.

Pandora was sent to the earth and was presented to Epimetheus.

圣潘克拉斯公元 gōngyuán 304 Nián 殉道 xùn dào

St Pancras was martyred in 304 AD.

Words with pān

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
pān surname Pan pān
潘基文 Pān Jī wén Ban Ki Moon (1944-), Korean diplomat, UN secretary-general from 2006潘基文 Pān Jī wén
潘多拉 Pān duō lā Pandora潘多拉 Pān duō lā
潘金莲 Pān Jīn lián Pan Jinlian (name lit. Golden Lotus), heroine of Ming dynasty vernacular novel Jinpingmei or the Golden Lotus 金瓶梅 Jīn píng méi 潘金蓮
潘岳 Pān Yuè Pan Yue (247-300), later known as 潘安 Pān Ān [Pān​An], famous handsome and elegant writer from the Western Jin dynasty潘岳 Pān Yuè
德维尔潘 Dé wéi ěr pān (Dominique) de Villepin (French name)德維爾潘
彼得潘 Bǐ dé Pān Peter Pan, the novel character彼得潘 Bǐ dé Pān
潘安 Pān Ān Pan Yue (247-300), later known as 潘安 Pān Ān [Pān​An], famous handsome and elegant writer from the Western Jin dynasty潘安 Pān Ān
潘婷 Pān tíng Pantene (hair products brand)潘婷 Pān tíng

pān Decomposition & Compounds

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