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婶

shěn

Character Traditional 嬸

What 婶 means

1. wife of father's younger brother

Example sentences

• 我婶婶做了一条新裙子给我。
  Wǒ shěnshen zuò le yī tiáo xīn qúnzi gěi wǒ.
  My aunt made a new skirt for me.
• 这个洋娃娃是婶婶给我的礼物。
  Zhège yángwáwa shì shěnshen gěi wǒ de lǐwù.
  This doll is a gift from my aunt.

Words starting with 婶

• 婶婶shěn shenwife of father's younger brother; aunt
• 婶子shěn zi(colloquial) wife of father's younger brother; aunt
• 婶娘shěn niángwife of father's younger brother; aunt
• 婶母shěn mǔwife of father's younger brother; aunt

Characters that look like 婶

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

• 骑qíto sit astride; to ride (a horse, bike etc); classifier for saddle horses
• 裤kùunderpants; trousers; pants
• 娟juānbeautiful; graceful
• 捧pěngto hold or offer with both hands; to sing the praises of…
• 婧jìng(literary) (of a woman) slender; delicate; (literary) (of a woman) talented
• 娓wěiused in 娓娓

Sounds the same

Read shěn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 审to examine; to investigate; carefully
• 沈(literary) juice
• 哂(literary) to smile; to sneer
• 谂to know; to reprimand; to urge
• 矧(interrog.)
• 谉to investigate; to try (in court)
• 瞫surname Shen
• 渖old variant of 沈