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侃

kǎn

HSK 6 Character

What 侃 means

1. upright and honest
2. cheerful
3. to chat idly
4. to boast
5. to talk smoothly

Other readings

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

• kǎnold variant of {侃|kǎn}

Example sentences

• 时间还早着呢，大家坐下来侃一会儿吧。
  Shíjiān hái zǎo zhene, dàjiā zuòxia lái kǎn yīhuìr ba.
  It's still early. We should all just chill for a bit.
• 消磨时间的最有效办法当然还是聊天吹牛侃大山。
  The most effective way to kill time, of course, is chatting, bragging, and having wild conversations.
• 今晚稍早，我接到马侃参议员打来，态度非常恳切的电话。马侃参议员已打完一场漫长艰苦的选战。他为这个他所热爱的国家所打的仗更久，更艰苦。他为美国的奉献牺牲，是我们多数同胞难以想像的。因为有他这位勇敢无私的领袖的奉献，我们才能过比较好的日子。
  Jīnwǎn shāozǎo, wǒ jiēdào mǎ kǎn cānyìyuán dǎ lái, tàidu fēicháng kěnqiè de diànhuà. mǎ kǎn cānyìyuán yǐ dǎ wán yī chǎng màncháng jiānkǔ de xuǎnzhàn. tā wèi zhège tā suǒ rè'ài de guójiā suǒ dǎdī zhàng gèng jiǔ, gèng jiānkǔ. tā wèi Měiguó de fèngxiàn xīshēng, shì wǒmen duōshù tóngbāo nányǐ xiǎngxiàng de. yīnwèi yǒu tā zhèwèi yǒnggǎn wúsī de lǐngxiù de fèngxiàn, wǒmen cáinéng guo bǐjiào hǎo de rìzi.
  A little bit earlier this evening, I received an extraordinarily gracious call from Senator McCain. Senator McCain fought long and hard in this campaign. And he's fought even longer and harder for the country that he loves. He has endured sacrifices for America that most of us cannot begin to imagine. We are better off for the service rendered by this brave and selfless leader.
• 今晚稍早，我接到马侃叁议员打来，态度非常恳切的电话。马侃叁议员已打完一场漫长艰苦的选战。他为这个他所热爱的国家所打的仗更久，更艰苦。他为美国的奉献牺牲，是我们多数同胞难以想像的。因为有他这位勇敢无私的领袖的奉献，我们才能过比较好的日子。
  A little bit earlier this evening, I received an extraordinarily gracious call from Senator McCain. Senator McCain fought long and hard in this campaign. And he's fought even longer and harder for the country that he loves. He has endured sacrifices for America that most of us cannot begin to imagine. We are better off for the service rendered by this brave and selfless leader.

Words starting with 侃

• 侃侃而谈kǎn kǎn ér tánto speak frankly with assurance
• 侃侃kǎn kǎnto possess assurance and composure
• 侃价kǎn jiàto bargain; to haggle with a peddler
• 侃星kǎn xīngchatterbox; boaster
• 侃爷kǎn yébig talker
• 侃大山kǎn dà shānto chatter idly; to gossip; to boast or brag

Words containing 侃

• 调侃tiáo kǎnto ridicule; to tease; to mock
• 闲侃xián kǎnto chat idly

Characters built on 口

These share the phonetic component 口 (kǒu), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 占zhànto take possession of; to occupy; to take up
• 善shàngood (virtuous); benevolent; well-disposed
• 含hánto keep in the mouth; to contain
• 沿yánalong; to follow (a line, tradition etc); to carry on
• 咱zánI or me; we (including both the speaker and the person spoken to)
• 喊hǎnto yell; to shout; to call out for (a person)
• 叹tànto sigh; to exclaim
• 咽yànto swallow

Characters that look like 侃

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

• 低dīlow; beneath; to lower (one's head)
• 依yīto depend on; to comply with or listen to sb; according to
• 佩pèito respect; to wear (belt etc)
• 侯hóumarquis, second of the five orders of ancient Chinese nobility 五等爵位; nobleman…
• 侠xiáknight-errant; brave and chivalrous; hero
• 佚yì(bound form) (of a book, author etc) lost (to the ages); (bound form) reclusive

Sounds the same

Read kǎn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 砍to chop; to cut down; to throw sth at sb
• 坎pit; threshold; one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦
• 槛door sill; threshold
• 莰camphane C10H18
• 凵receptacle
• 欿discontented with oneself
• 𫐘used in 轗軻
• 顑yellow
• 歁unsatisfied (of eating)
• 嵌see 赤嵌楼
• 崁see 赤崁楼