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嗔

chēn

Character

What 嗔 means

1. to be angry at
2. to be displeased and annoyed

Words starting with 嗔

• 嗔怪chēn guàito blame; to rebuke
• 嗔喝chēn hèto yell at sb in rage
• 嗔怒chēn nùto get angry
• 嗔怨chēn yuànto complain; to reproach
• 嗔斥chēn chìto rebuke; to scold
• 嗔狂chēn kuángto be deranged
• 嗔目chēn mùglare; angry look; to open one's eyes wide
• 嗔色chēn sèangry or sullen look
• 嗔着chēn zhe(colloquial) to blame sb for sth
• 嗔视chēn shìto look angrily at
• 嗔睨chēn nìto look askance at sb in anger
• 嗔诟chēn gòuto berate; to curse in rage

Words containing 嗔

• 娇嗔jiāo chēn(of a girl) to feign anger coquettishly
• 回嗔作喜huí chēn zuò xǐto go from anger to happiness (idiom)

Characters built on 真

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

• 镇zhènto press down; to calm; to subdue
• 慎shèncareful; cautious
• 缜zhěnfine and dense
• 瞋chēn(literary) to stare angrily; to glare
• 稹zhěnto accumulate; fine and close
• 禛zhēnto receive blessings in a sincere spirit

Characters that look like 嗔

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

• 填tiánto fill or stuff; (of a form etc) to fill in
• 慎shèncareful; cautious
• 嗅xiùto smell; to sniff; to nose
• 嗡wēng(onomatopoeia) buzz; hum; drone
• 嗝géhiccup; belch
• 嘌piào(literary) fast; speedy; used in 嘌呤

Sounds the same

Read chēn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 琛precious stone; gem
• 抻to pull; to stretch; to draw sth out
• 郴used in 郴州
• 瞋(literary) to stare angrily; to glare
• 搷to beat; to winnow
• 𬘭(literary) to stop; kindhearted
• 賝(gem)