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shān

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shān Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
shān | shan1
English translation
to stir up, to incite; to agitate, to provoke

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About shān

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Number of strokes

14

Traditional form

shān

Contains the radical

Huǒ

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

To fan  shān the flames  Huǒ ; shān also provides the pronunciation

Etymology of shān

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

火扇

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Example sentences using shān

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zhè piān 精心设计 de 演说 yǎn shuō 煽动 shān dòng 听众 tīng zhòng 使 shǐ 他们 tā men 发狂 fā kuáng .

The cleverly designed speech lashed the audience into a frenzy.

在我看来 shì 官员 guān yuán men 煽动 shān dòng le 这场争斗 zhēng dòu

As far as I'm concerned the officials incited the fight.

他们 tā men shuì zhè 首歌明目张胆 míng mù zhāng dǎn de 煽动 shān dòng 杀害 shā hài 警察 jǐngchá

They said the song blatantly encouraged the killing of policemen.

chèn 的话 de huà 不负责任煽动性 shān dòng xìng qiě 极端 jíduān 无礼 wú lǐ

She described his remarks as irresponsible, inflammatory and outrageous.

Words with shān

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
煽动 shān dòng to incite煽動
shān to incite shān
煽情 shān qíng moving煽情 shān qíng
煽动性 shān dòng xìng provocative煽動性

shān Decomposition & Compounds

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