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奸

jiān

Character

What 奸 means

1. wicked
2. crafty
3. traitor
4. variant of {奸|jiān}

Other readings

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

• jiānto fornicate; to defile; adultery

Example sentences

• 这是曹操的奸计。
  Zhè shì Cáo Cāo de jiānjì.
  This is Cao Cao's trickery.
• 据说他的父亲曾经是汉奸。
  Jùshuō tā de fùqīn céngjīng shì hànjiān.
  Supposedly, his father once betrayed China.
• 他认为我们当中有一个奸细。
  Tā rènwéi wǒmen dāngzhōng yǒu yī gè jiānxi.
  He believes that there is a spy among us.

Words starting with 奸

• 奸商jiān shāngprofiteer; crooked merchant
• 奸淫jiān yínillicit sex; to rape or seduce
• 奸诈jiān zhàtreachery; devious; a rogue
• 奸污jiān wūto rape; to violate
• 奸笑jiān xiàoevil smile; sinister smile
• 奸臣jiān chéna treacherous court official; a minister who conspires against the state
• 奸人jiān réncrafty scoundrel; villain
• 奸夫jiān fūmale adulterer
• 奸官jiān guāna treacherous official; a mandarin who conspires against the state
• 奸徒jiān túa crafty villain
• 奸恶jiān ècrafty and evil
• 奸民jiān mína scoundrel; a villain
• 奸细jiān xia spy; a crafty person
• 奸计jiān jìevil plan; evil schemes
• 奸险jiān xiǎnmalicious; treacherous; wicked and crafty
• 奸党jiān dǎnga clique of traitors
• 奸宿jiān sùto fornicate; to rape
• 奸尸jiān shīto have sex with a corpse
• 奸情jiān qíngadultery
• 奸杀jiān shāto rape and murder
• 奸雄jiān xióngperson who seeks advancement by any means; career climber; unscrupulous careerist
• 奸夫淫妇jiān fū yín fùadulterous couple
• 奸邪jiān xiécrafty and evil; a treacherous villain
• 奸贼jiān zéia traitor; a treacherous bandit

Words containing 奸

• 强奸qiáng jiānto rape
• 汉奸hàn jiāntraitor (to China)
• 轮奸lún jiānto gang rape
• 通奸tōng jiānadultery; to commit adultery
• 强奸犯qiáng jiān fànrapist
• 诱奸yòu jiānto seduce (into sex)
• 内奸nèi jiānundiscovered traitor; enemy within one's own ranks
• 抓奸zhuā jiānto catch a couple in the act (adultery, illicit sexual relations)
• 指奸zhǐ jiānto finger-rape; digital rape
• 藏奸cáng jiānto harbor evil intentions
• 视奸shì jiān(neologism) to obsessively monitor sb's social media posts…
• 迷奸mí jiānto drug and then rape sb
• 鸡奸jī jiānsodomy; anal intercourse; buggery
• 强奸罪qiáng jiān zuìrape
• 作奸犯科zuò jiān fàn kēto flout the law
• 朋比为奸péng bǐ wéi jiānto conspire; to gang up
• 无奸不商wú jiān bù shāngall businessmen are evil (idiom)
• 集体强奸jí tǐ qiáng jiāngang rape
• 大奸似忠dà jiān sì zhōngthe most treacherous person appears the most guileless (idiom)
• 姑息养奸gū xī yǎng jiānto tolerate is to nurture an evildoer (idiom); spare the rod and spoil the child
• 逼奸bī jiānto rape
• 兽奸shòu jiānbestiality
• 捉奸zhuō jiānto catch a couple in the act (adultery, illicit sexual relations)
• 老奸巨猾lǎo jiān jù huácunning; crafty; wily old fox

Characters that look like 奸

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

• 好hǎogood; appropriate; proper; all right!
• 针zhēnneedle; pin; injection
• 纤xiānfine; delicate; minute
• 杆gǎnstick; pole; lever
• 妍yánbeautiful
• 纾shūabundant; ample; at ease

Sounds the same

Read jiān, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 间between; among; within a definite time or space
• 坚strong; solid; firm
• 兼double; twice; simultaneous
• 艰difficult; hard; hardship
• 肩shoulder; to shoulder (responsibilities etc)
• 煎to pan fry; to sauté
• 监to supervise; to inspect; jail
• 尖pointed; tapering; sharp; (of a sound) shrill; piercing…
• 渐to imbue
• 笺letter; note-paper
• 歼to annihilate; abbr. for 歼击机
• 浅sound of moving water