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zhān

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zhān Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
zhān | zhan1
English translation
talkative, verbose; surname

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About zhān

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Number of strokes

13

Traditional form

zhān

Contains the radical

yán

Part of speech

Name of a person / 人名 rén míng Rénmíng

Learning hint

speech

Etymology of zhān

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

hǎn 八言

Semantic compound

yán

Phonetic compound

hǎn

Explanation

Origin unclear.

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Example sentences using zhān

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詹姆斯 Zhān mǔ sī 开始 kāishǐ jiǎng guǐ 故事 gùshì de 时候 shíhou ,有点 yǒu diǎn ràng rén 汗毛 hàn máo Zhí shù .

It got a bIt'spooky when James started telling ghost stories.

詹姆士长得 zhǎng de 哥哥 gēge Gāo .

James has outgrown his elder brother.

詹姆士已经 yǐjīng dào le , kùn 我们 wǒmen duì rén dōu dào le .

James has arrived so our team is complete.

我们 wǒmen de 财经 cái jīng 记者 jìzhě 詹姆斯 Zhān mǔ sī ·摩根 Mó gēn 刚刚 gāng gang Cóng 德国 Dé guó 回来 huí lai

Our economics correspondent, James Morgan, is just back from Germany.

詹姆斯 Zhān mǔ sī 自己 zìjǐ 包上 de 拉链 lā liàn 拉开 lā kāi

James unzipped his bag.

Words with zhān

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
詹姆斯 Zhān mǔ sī James (name)詹姆斯 Zhān mǔ sī
zhān excellent zhān
詹森 Zhān sēn Johnson詹森 Zhān sēn
詹天佑 Zhān Tiān yòu Zhan Tianyou (1861-1919), Chinese railroad engineer詹天佑 Zhān Tiān yòu

zhān Decomposition & Compounds

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