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chán

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chán Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
chán | chan2
English translation
the sound of flowing water

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About chán

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Number of strokes

15

Traditional form

chán

Contains the radical

shuǐ

Part of speech

Status word / 状态词 Zhuàngtài cí

Learning hint

water

Etymology of chán

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

氵孱

Semantic compound

shuǐ

Phonetic compound

càn

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Example sentences using chán

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深水静静 liú , jiān 潺潺 chán chán liú .

Deep rivers move in silence, shallow brooks are noisy.

丹尼 Dān ní 朝下望去只见溪水潺潺 chán chán 流过附近 fùjìn de 树林 Shù lín

Danny looked down at the stream bubbling through the trees nearby.

Words with chán

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
潺潺 chán chán murmur潺潺 chán chán
chán flow chán

chán Decomposition & Compounds

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