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姗 shān

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姗 shān Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
shān | shan1
English translation
to slander, to ridicule; to go slowly; graceful

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About 姗 shān

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Number of strokes

8

Traditional form

姍

Contains the radical

女 nǚ

Part of speech

Name of a person / 人名 rén míng Rénmíng

Learning hint

woman

Etymology of 姗 shān

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

⿰女册

Semantic compound

女 nǚ

Phonetic compound

册 cè

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. 女 nǚ represents the meaning and 册 cè represents the sound. Simplified form of 姍.

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Example sentences using 姗 shān

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苏姗和 hé 那个 nà ge 女孩 nǚ hái 还 Huán 在 zài 用 yòng 德语 Dé yǔ 聊个没完。

Susan and the girl were still nattering away in German.

兄弟 xiōngdì 几个 jǐ ge 总是 zǒngshì 要 yāo 到 dào 正午 zhèng wǔ 前后 qián hòu 才姗姗来到 lái dào 工作室 gōng zuò shì 。

The brothers usually roll into their studio around midday.

生活 shēnghuó 就是 jiù shì 这样 zhè yàng ，你 nǐ 一直 yīzhí 想要 xiǎng yào 得到 dé dào 的 de 东西 dōngxī ，总在你 nǐ 不再 bù zài 指望 zhǐwàng 的 de 那一刻姗姗来迟 shān shān lái chí 。

It's the rule of life that everything you have always wanted comes the very second you stop looking for it.

Words with 姗 shān

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
姗 shān slow姍
姗姗 shān shān unhurried姍姍
姗姗来迟 shān shān lái chí to be late姍姍來遲
罗姗 Luó shān Roxanne or Roxane or Rosanna (name)羅姍

姗 shān Decomposition & Compounds

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