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冠

guàn

HSK 5 Character

What 冠 means

1. to put on a hat
2. to be first
3. to dub

Other readings

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

• guānhat; crown; crest
• Guànsurname Guan

Example sentences

• 这里有个皇冠。
  Zhèlǐ yǒu gè huángguān.
  There's a crown here.
• 我和他竞争冠军。
  Wǒ hé tā jìngzhēng guànjūn.
  I competed with him for the championship.
• 新冠病毒是什幺？
  What's coronavirus?
• 新冠病毒很危险的。
  The coronavirus is dangerous.
• 你有新冠病毒的症状吗？
  Do you have coronavirus symptoms?
• 皇后的后冠是用黄金铸成的。
  Huánghòu de hòu guān shì yòng huángjīn zhùchéng de.
  The Queen's crown was made of gold.

Words starting with 冠

• 冠军guàn jūnchampion
• 冠以guàn yǐto label; to call
• 冠冕堂皇guān miǎn táng huánghigh-sounding; dignified; pompous (idiom)
• 冠名guàn míngto name (a sports team, a competition etc)
• 冠心病guān xīn bìngcoronary heart disease
• 冠词guàn cíarticle (in grammar)
• 冠子guān zicrest; crown
• 冠状guān zhuàngcoronary (i.e. relating to the coronary arteries or veins); crown-shaped
• 冠礼guàn lǐthe capping ceremony, a Confucian coming of age ceremony for males dating from pre-Qin…
• 冠形词guān xíng cíarticle (in grammar)
• 冠军赛guàn jūn sàichampionship
• 冠鱼狗guān yú gǒu(bird species of China) crested kingfisher (Megaceryle lugubris)
• 冠县Guān XiànGuan County or Guanxian, a county in Liaocheng City 聊城市
• 冠状病毒guān zhuàng bìng dúcoronavirus
• 冠脉guān màicoronary; coronary artery
• 冠状动脉guān zhuàng dòng màicoronary artery
• 冠脉循环guān mài xún huáncoronary circulation
• 冠海雀guān hǎi què(bird species of China) Japanese murrelet (Synthliboramphus wumizusume)
• 冠麻鸭guān má yā(bird species of China) crested shelduck (Tadorna cristata)
• 冠冕guān miǎnroyal crown; official hat; official
• 冠斑犀鸟guān bān xī niǎo(bird species of China) oriental pied hornbill (Anthracoceros albirostris)
• 冠纹柳莺guān wén liǔ yīng(bird species of China) Claudia's leaf warbler (Phylloscopus claudiae)
• 冠状动脉旁路移植手术guān zhuàng dòng mài páng lù yí zhí shǒu shùcoronary bypass operation
• 冠状动脉旁通手术guān zhuàng dòng mài páng tōng shǒu shùcoronary bypass operation

Words containing 冠

• 夺冠duó guànto seize the crown; fig. to win a championship; to win gold medal
• 皇冠huáng guāncrown (headgear)
• 桂冠guì guānlaurel (as a symbol of victory or merit)
• 衣冠yī guānhat and clothes; attire
• 王冠wáng guāncrown
• 衣冠楚楚yī guān chǔ chǔimmaculately dressed; well-groomed; dapper
• 花冠huā guāncorolla
• 树冠shù guāntreetop
• 陈冠希Chén Guān xīEdison Chen (1980-), Hong Kong singer and actor
• 怒发冲冠nù fà chōng guānlit. hair stands up in anger and tips off one's hat (idiom); fig. seething in anger…
• 免冠miǎn guānbareheaded (in a photo)
• 前冠qián guānheading; prefix
• 加冠jiā guān(in former times) coming-of-age ceremony at 20 years
• 后冠hòu guāncrown or tiara of a queen, empress or beauty pageant winner…
• 新冠xīn guānnovel coronavirus (abbr. for 新型冠状病毒
• 未冠wèi guānminor (old usage, person under 20)
• 欧冠Ōu GuànUEFA Champions League
• 牙冠yá guāncrown of a tooth; (dental) crown
• 肉冠ròu guāncomb (fleshy crest on a bird's head)
• 销冠xiāo guàntop salesperson; sales champion; top-selling product; best-selling model
• 表冠biǎo guānwatch crown; winding crown
• 鸡冠jī guāncrest; cockscomb
• 头冠tóu guāna crown; top of the head
• 乔冠华Qiáo Guàn huáQiao Guanhua (1913-1973), PRC politician and diplomat

Characters that look like 冠

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

• 规guīcompass; a rule; regulation
• 股gǔthigh; part of a whole; portion of a sum; (finance) stock; share
• 舰jiànwarship
• 勉miǎnto exhort; to make an effort
• 耽dānto indulge in; to delay
• 觊jìto covet; to long for

Sounds the same

Read guàn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 惯accustomed to; used to; indulge
• 贯to pierce through; to pass through; to be stringed together
• 灌to irrigate; to pour; to install (software)
• 罐can; jar; pot
• 观Taoist monastery; palace gate watchtower; platform
• 掼to fling; to fall; to wear
• 盥to wash (especially hands)
• 鹳crane; stork
• 涫(classical) to boil
• 祼pour out libation
• 瓘jade used for making goblets
• 卝two bunches of hair on a child