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伞

sǎn

Old HSK 3 HSK 3.0 character level 3 Character Traditional 傘 Measure word 把

伞 (sǎn) means "umbrella". It is an HSK 3.0 level 3 word, and was HSK 3 in the old six-level list.

What 伞 means

1. umbrella
2. parasol

Other readings

伞 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• sǎndamask silk; variant of {伞|sǎn}

Example sentences

• 雨伞卖得好。
  Umbrellas sell well.
• 我的伞在哪？
  Where is my umbrella?
• 这是我的伞。
  This is my umbrella.
• 这把伞是谁的？
  Whose umbrella is this?
• 我将拿这把伞。
  I'll take this umbrella.
• 我丢了我的伞。
  I have lost my umbrella.

Words starting with 伞

• 伞兵sǎn bīngparatrooper
• 伞下sǎn xiàunder the umbrella of
• 伞形sǎn xíngumbrella-shaped
• 伞菌sǎn jùnagaric
• 伞降sǎn jiàngto parachute into; parachuting
• 伞形科sǎn xíng kēUmbelliferae or Apiaceae, plant family containing carrot, coriander etc

Words containing 伞

• 雨伞yǔ sǎnumbrella
• 降落伞jiàng luò sǎnparachute
• 打伞dǎ sǎnto hold up an umbrella
• 跳伞tiào sǎnto parachute; to bail out; parachute jumping
• 保护伞bǎo hù sǎnprotective umbrella; fig. person affording protection (esp. corrupt)
• 帆伞fān sǎnparasail; parasailing
• 撑伞chēng sǎnto hold up an umbrella
• 旱伞hàn sǎn(dialect) parasol
• 菌伞jùn sǎnmushroom top
• 阳伞yáng sǎnparasol
• 小雨伞xiǎo yǔ sǎn(slang) condom
• 爱心伞ài xīn sǎncourtesy umbrella (one made available for borrowing)
• 滑翔伞huá xiáng sǎnparaglider (equipment); paragliding (sport)
• 低空跳伞dī kōng tiào sǎnBASE Jumping
• 坐降落伞zuò jiàng luò sǎnto do a parachute jump
• 收旗卷伞shōu qí juǎn sǎn(lit.) to furl up flags and umbrellas (idiom); (fig.) to stop what one is doing
• 特技跳伞tè jì tiào sǎnskydiving
• 造型跳伞zào xíng tiào sǎnformation skydiving
• 矮脚罗伞ǎi jiǎo luó sǎnArdisia villosa
• 毒蝇伞dú yíng sǎnfly Amanita or fly agaric (Amanita muscaria)
• 拖曳伞tuō yè sǎnparasail
• 和尚打伞，无法无天hé shang dǎ sǎn , wú fǎ wú tiānlit. like a monk holding an umbrella — no hair, no sky (idiom)…
• 和尚打伞hé shang dǎ sǎnsee 和尚打傘，和尚打伞，无法无天

Characters that look like 伞

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

• 老lǎoprefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of…
• 争zhēngto strive for; to vie for; to argue or debate
• 李lǐplum
• 寺sìBuddhist temple; mosque; government office (old)
• 串chuànto string together; to skewer; to connect wrongly
• 孛bèicomet

Sounds the same

Read sǎn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 散scattered; loose; to come loose
• 糁to mix (of powders)
• 鏾the trigger of a crossbow; crossbow
• 馓used in 馓子

Where 伞 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Clothing & Accessories (HSK 3), HSK 3 Characters · Set 38 (HSK 3), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 3 word, with the rest of its level.
• How characters are built from components.
• How to learn Chinese characters.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read sǎn correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.