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shān

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shān Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
shān | shan1
English translation
to stagger, to limp

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About shān

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Number of strokes

12

Traditional form

shān

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Non-morpheme / 非语素字 Fēi yǔsù zì

Learning hint

foot

Etymology of shān

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

足册

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

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Example sentences using shān

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看见 kànjiàn wèi 老人 lǎo rén zhǔ zhāo 手杖 shǒu zhàng 蹒跚 pán shān ér háng .

I saw an old man hitching along on his stick.

蹒跚 pán shān xué de 孩子 háizi zhǐ zhāo xiǎng yāo de 玩具 wánjù .

The toddler pointed to the toy he wanted.

看见 kànjiàn wèi 老人 lǎo rén zhǔ zhù 手杖 shǒu zhàng 蹒跚而 háng .

I see an old man hitch along on his stick.

老人 lǎo rén kuà zhāo Shū lán ,蹒跚 pán shān de zǒu chū Mén .

The old man with his basket of books staggers out of the door.

老人 lǎo rén zài de 孙子 Sūnzǐ wǎn xià 蹒跚 pán shān ér háng .

The old man hobbled along with the help of his grandson.

Words with shān

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
蹒跚 pán shān to stagger蹣跚
shān limp shān

shān Decomposition & Compounds

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