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丸

wán

HSK 6 Character

What 丸 means

1. ball
2. pellet
3. pill

Example sentences

• 我想要五个肉丸。
  Wǒ xiǎngyào wǔ gè ròuwán.
  I'd like five meatballs.
• 章鱼小丸子真的很美味！
  Zhāngyú xiǎo wánzi zhēn de hěn měiwèi!
  Takoyaki is really quite delicious.
• 炸肉丸不是一种健康的零食。
  A frikandel is not a healthy snack.
• 新竹的贡丸和米粉非常有名，吸引不少游客品尝。
  Hsinchu's meatballs and rice noodles are very famous, attracting many tourists to taste them.
• 评论员对巫巫兹拉的声音作出了各种各样的描述：除了“烦人”、“像魔鬼一般”之外，还把它比作“一群嘈吵的大象”、“一群嗡嗡狂叫的蝗虫”、“一只准备给屠宰的山羊”、“一个装满发狂的蜜蜂的巨大蜂巢”、“一只吃了摇头丸的鸭子”等等。
  Pínglùn yuán duì wū wū zī lā de shēngyīn zuòchū le gèzhǒnggèyàng de miáoshù: chúle “ fánrén ”,“ xiàng móguǐ yībān ” zhīwài, hái bǎ tā bǐzuò “ yī qún cáo chǎo de dàxiàng ”,“ yī qún wēngwēng kuáng jiào de huángchóng ”,“ yī zhī zhǔnbèi gěi túzǎi de shānyáng ”,“ yī gè zhuāngmǎn fākuáng de mìfēng de jùdà fēngcháo ”,“ yī zhī chī le yáotóuwán de yāzi ” děngděng.
  Commentators have variously described the sound of vuvuzelas as "annoying" and "satanic" and compared it with "a stampede of noisy elephants", "a deafening swarm of locusts", "a goat on the way to slaughter", "a giant hive full of very angry bees", and "a duck on speed".
• 评论员对巫巫兹拉的声音作出了各种各样的描述：除了「烦人」、「像魔鬼一般」之外，还把它比作「一群嘈吵的大象」、「一群嗡嗡狂叫的蝗虫」、「一只准备给屠宰的山羊」、「一个装满发狂的蜜蜂的巨大蜂巢」、「一只吃了摇头丸的鸭子」等等。
  Commentators have variously described the sound of vuvuzelas as "annoying" and "satanic" and compared it with "a stampede of noisy elephants", "a deafening swarm of locusts", "a goat on the way to slaughter", "a giant hive full of very angry bees", and "a duck on speed".

Words starting with 丸

• 丸子wán zipills; balls; meatballs
• 丸剂wán jìpill
• 丸山Wán shānMaruyama (Japanese surname and place name)

Words containing 丸

• 睾丸gāo wántesticle
• 药丸yào wánpill
• 鱼丸yú wánfish ball
• 定心丸dìng xīn wántranquilizer; sth that sets one's mind at ease
• 弹丸dàn wánpellet
• 肉丸ròu wánmeatball
• 贡丸gòng wánpork ball
• 须丸xū wánhematite Fe2O3
• 大蛇丸Dà shé wánOrochimaru, Japanese folktale hero; Orochimaru, character in the Naruto manga series
• 宽心丸kuān xīn wánreassuring explanation; consolatory words
• 摇头丸yáo tóu wánEcstasy; MDMA
• 炸丸子zhá wán zicroquettes; deep fried food balls
• 牛肉丸niú ròu wánbeef meatballs
• 卫生丸wèi shēng wánmothball; (jocular term) bullet
• 避孕丸bì yùn wáncontraceptive pill
• 弹丸之地dàn wán zhī dì(idiom) tiny speck of land; small area
• 吃了定心丸chī le dìng xīn wánto feel reassured
• 章鱼小丸子zhāng yú xiǎo wán zitakoyaki (octopus dumpling), a Japanese snack food
• 速效救心丸sù xiào jiù xīn wánfast-acting heart pills…
• 樟脑丸zhāng nǎo wáncamphor balls; moth balls
• 睾丸素gāo wán sùtestosterone
• 睾丸酮gāo wán tóngtestosterone
• 睾丸扭转gāo wán niǔ zhuǎn(medicine) testicular torsion
• 睾丸激素gāo wán jī sùtestosterone

Characters that look like 丸

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 元yuáncurrency unit (esp. Chinese yuan); (bound form) first; original; primary…
• 扎zhāto prick; to run or stick (a needle etc) into; mug or jug used for serving beer…
• 凡fánordinary; commonplace; mundane
• 亢kànghigh; overbearing; excessive
• 九jiǔnine; 9

Sounds the same

Read wán, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 玩to play; to have fun; to trifle with
• 完to finish; to be over; whole
• 顽mischievous; obstinate; to play
• 纨(literary) fine white silk; delicate silk fabric
• 烷alkane
• 刓to trim
• 芄Metaplexis stauntoni
• 汍shed tears
• 抏to consume; to exhaust; to play