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zhàn

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zhàn Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
zhàn | zhan4
English translation
calm, clear, deep (as of a lake)

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About zhàn

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Number of strokes

12

Traditional form

zhàn

Contains the radical

shuǐ

Part of speech

Place name / 地名 dì míng Dìmíng

Learning hint

A deep  shén lake  shuǐ shén also provides the pronunciation

Etymology of zhàn

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

氵甚

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Example sentences using zhàn

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传统 chuántǒng xiù gōng 精湛 jīng zhàn de 中国 Zhōngguó 地毯 dìtǎn ,畅销 chàngxiāo 全球 quán qiú .

Traditional exquisitely woven Chinese carpets sell well all over the world.

shì 厨艺 chú yì 精湛 jīng zhàn de 厨师 chú shī

She was an amazingly good cook.

天空 tiānkōng yóu 通透 tōng tòu de 湛蓝 zhàn lán 变成 biàn chéng le àn 灰色 huī sè

The sky was changing from translucent blue to thicker grey.

船会停靠 tíng kào zài 那里 nà li 映衬 yìng chèn zài 一片波澜 bō lán 不兴 bù xīng de 湛蓝 zhàn lán 海水 hǎi shuǐ 之中 zhī zhōng

The ship would lie there mirrored in a perfectly unmoving glossy sea.

Words with zhàn

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
精湛 jīng zhàn consummate精湛 jīng zhàn
湛蓝 zhàn lán azure湛藍
湛江 Zhàn jiāng Zhanjiang prefecture level city in Guangdong province 廣東省|广东省 Guǎng dōng shěng [Guǎng​dōng​shěng] in south China湛江 Zhàn jiāng
zhàn deep zhàn
湛江市 Zhàn jiāng shì Zhanjiang prefecture level city in Guangdong province 廣東省|广东省 Guǎng dōng shěng [Guǎng​dōng​shěng] in south China湛江市 Zhàn jiāng shì
湛江师范学院 Zhàn jiāng Shī fàn Xué yuàn Zhanjiang Normal University湛江師範學院
湛江地区 Zhàn jiāng dì qū Zhanjiang prefecture in Guangdong湛江地區
湛河区 Zhàn hé qū Zhanhe district of Pingdingshan city 平頂山市|平顶山市 Píng dǐng shān shì [Píng​dǐng​shān​shì], Henan湛河區
李湛 Lǐ Zhàn Li Zhan, personal name of fourteenth Tang emperor Jingzong 敬宗[Jìng​Zōng] (809-827), reigned 825-827李湛 Lǐ Zhàn

zhàn Decomposition & Compounds

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