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垫

diàn

HSK 6 Character Traditional 墊

What 垫 means

1. pad
2. cushion
3. mat
4. to pad out
5. to fill a gap
6. to pay for sb
7. to advance (money)

Example sentences

• 这个床垫很硬。
  Zhège chuángdiàn hěn yìng.
  This is a very hard mattress.
• 玛丽买了鼠标垫。
  Mary bought the mousepad.
• 我的气垫船装满了鳝鱼
  Wǒ de qìdiànchuán zhuāngmǎn le shànyú
  My hovercraft is full of eels.
• 我的气垫船满是鳝鱼。
  Wǒ de qìdiànchuán mǎn shì shànyú.
  My hovercraft is full of eels.
• 汤姆把钱藏在床垫底下。
  Tāngmǔ bǎ qián cáng zài chuángdiàn dǐxia.
  Tom hid his money under his mattress.
• 进家门后，我被垫子绊倒了。
  Jìn jiāmén hòu, wǒ bèi diànzi bàndǎo le.
  Entering the house, I tripped over the mat.

Words starting with 垫

• 垫子diàn zicushion; mat; pad
• 垫上diàn shàngto pay for sb
• 垫底diàn dǐto put sth on the bottom; to eat sth to tide oneself over until mealtime…
• 垫付diàn fùto pay sb else's expense with the expectation of being reimbursed by that person later
• 垫圈diàn quānwasher (on bolt); toilet seat
• 垫平diàn píngto level (surfaces)
• 垫支diàn zhīto advance funds
• 垫料diàn liàopacking material; lagging; litter
• 垫档diàn dàngto fill a blank space; to fill a slot (in a newspaper column, a TV program etc)
• 垫款diàn kuǎnadvance (of funds)
• 垫片diàn piànspacer; shim
• 垫肩diàn jiānshoulder pad
• 垫背diàn bèito serve as a sacrificial victim; to suffer for sb else; scapegoat
• 垫脚diàn jiaolitter (animal bedding)
• 垫被diàn bèimattress
• 垫补diàn bu(colloquial) to cover a shortfall by using funds intended for another purpose or by…
• 垫高diàn gāoa support; to raise; to bolster
• 垫底费diàn dǐ fèideductible (the part of an insurance claim paid by the insured); (UK English) excess
• 垫江县Diàn jiāng XiànDianjiang, a county in Chongqing 重庆
• 垫脚石diàn jiǎo shístepping stone; fig. person used to advance one's career
• 垫褥diàn rùcotton-padded mattress
• 垫江Diàn jiāngsee 垫江县
• 垫底儿diàn dǐ rerhua variant of 垫底

Words containing 垫

• 铺垫pū diànto spread out bedding; bedcover
• 坐垫zuò diàncushion; (motorbike) seat
• 鞋垫xié diàninsole; shoe insert
• 卡垫kǎ diàn(Tibetan) rug; mat
• 床垫chuáng diànmattress
• 座垫zuò diànsaddle (of a bicycle); seat (of a car or bike); chair cushion
• 杯垫bēi diàn(beverage) coaster
• 气垫qì diànair cushion (as on hovercraft)
• 肉垫ròu diànpad (on animal paw)
• 草垫cǎo diànstraw mattress
• 门垫mén diàndoormat
• 靠垫kào diànback cushion
• 擦鞋垫cā xié diàndoormat
• 月经垫yuè jīng diànsanitary towel; menopad
• 止血垫zhǐ xuè diàndressing; pad to stop bleeding
• 气垫船qì diàn chuánhovercraft
• 滑鼠垫huá shǔ diànmouse pad (Tw)
• 草垫子cǎo diàn zistraw mattress; palliasse
• 野餐垫yě cān diànpicnic blanket
• 防潮垫fáng cháo diàngroundsheet (for camping etc)
• 鼠标垫shǔ biāo diànmouse pad
• 踏垫tà diànfloor mat; bathroom mat; car mat; doormat
• 棕垫zōng diànpalm fiber mat
• 坐厕垫zuò cè diàntoilet seat

Characters that look like 垫

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

• 受shòuto receive; to accept; to suffer
• 费fèito cost; to spend; fee
• 势shìpower; influence; potential
• 挚zhìsincere
• 鸯yāngused in 鸳鸯
• 垩èto whitewash; to plaster

Sounds the same

Read diàn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 店inn; old-style hotel; (bound form) shop; store
• 电lightning; electricity; electric (bound form)
• 殿palace hall
• 奠to fix; to settle; a libation to the dead
• 惦to think of; to remember; to miss
• 淀(bound form) shallow lake (usu. in place names)
• 甸suburbs or outskirts; one of the five degrees of official mourning attire in dynastic…
• 靛indigo pigment
• 佃to rent farmland from a landlord
• 钿to inlay with gold, silver etc; ancient inlaid ornament shaped as a flower
• 扂door latch
• 玷blemish; disgrace; flaw in jade