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尘

chén

HSK 5 Character Traditional 塵

What 尘 means

1. dust
2. dirt
3. earth

Example sentences

• 把吸尘器关掉！
  Turn off the vacuum cleaner!
• 猫很讨厌吸尘器。
  Māo hěn tǎoyàn xīchénqì.
  Cats hate vacuum cleaners.
• 桌子被灰尘复盖。
  The table was covered with dust.
• 主妇给地毯吸了尘。
  Zhǔfù gěi dìtǎn xī le chén.
  The homemaker vacuumed the carpet.
• 他对室内灰尘过敏。
  He is allergic to house dust.
• 清理镜子上的灰尘。
  Clean the dirt off the mirror.

Words starting with 尘

• 尘土chén tǔdust
• 尘埃chén āidust
• 尘世chén shì(religion) this mortal life; the mundane world
• 尘封chén fēngcovered in dust; dusty; lying unused for a long time
• 尘埃落定chén āi luò dìnglit. the dust has settled (idiom); fig. to get sorted out; to be finalized
• 尘俗chén súmundane world
• 尘暴chén bàodust devil
• 尘云chén yúndust cloud
• 尘雾chén wùcloud of dust; smog
• 尘肺chén fèipneumoconiosis
• 尘嚣chén xiāohubbub; hustle and bustle
• 尘螨chén mǎndust mite

Words containing 尘

• 灰尘huī chéndust
• 红尘hóng chénthe world of mortals (Buddhism); human society; worldly affairs
• 风尘fēng chénwindblown dust; hardships of travel; vicissitudes of life
• 沙尘暴shā chén bàosand and dust storm
• 一尘不染yī chén bù rǎn(idiom) untainted by even a speck of dust; spotlessly clean; (of a person) honest…
• 烟尘yān chénsmoke and dust; air pollution
• 风尘仆仆fēng chén pú púlit. covered in dust (idiom); fig. travel-worn
• 沙尘shā chénairborne sand and dust
• 吸尘器xī chén qìvacuum cleaner
• 后尘hòu chénlit. trailing dust; fig. sb's footsteps; course in life
• 望尘莫及wàng chén mò jílit. to see only the other rider's dust and have no hope of catching up (idiom)…
• 粉尘fěn chénfine dust (esp. in environmental and industrial contexts)
• 浮尘fú chéndust (floating in the air or settled on a surface)…
• 凡尘fán chénmundane world (in religious context); this mortal coil
• 前尘qián chénthe past; impurity contracted previously (in the sentient world) (Buddhism)
• 封尘fēng chénto gather dust
• 征尘zhēng chénthe dust of a long journey
• 微尘wēi chéndust; (Buddhism) minutest particle of matter
• 承尘chéng chén(literary) ceiling; (literary) canopy over a seat in ancient times to keep off dust
• 纤尘xiān chénspeck of dust; fine dust
• 落尘luò chéndust fall; fallout (volcanic, nuclear etc); particulate matter
• 降尘jiàng chéndust fall; fallout (volcanic, nuclear etc); particulate matter
• 除尘chú chénto eliminate dust (i.e. filter out suspended particles)
• 吸尘机xī chén jīvacuum cleaner

Characters built on 土

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

• 圳zhèn(dialect) drainage ditch between fields (Taiwan pr. zùn); used in place names, notably 深圳
• 坟féngrave; tomb; embankment
• 垦kěnto reclaim (land); to cultivate
• 坌bènvariant of 坋; old variant of 笨

Characters that look like 尘

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

• 坐zuòto sit; to take a seat; to take (a bus, airplane etc)
• 皮pískin; peel; rind; outer layer; leather; hide; fur; cover; wrapping; outer covering
• 圭guījade tablet, square at the base and rounded or pointed at the top, held by the nobility…
• 宏hónggreat; magnificent; macro (computing)

Sounds the same

Read chén, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 沉to submerge; to immerse; to sink
• 陈(bound form) to lay out; to exhibit; to display; (bound form) to narrate; to state…
• 晨morning; dawn; daybreak
• 臣state official or subject in dynastic China; I, your servant…
• 辰5th earthly branch: 7-9 a.m., 3rd solar month (5th April-4th May), year of the Dragon…
• 宸imperial apartments
• 忱sincerity; honesty
• 谌faithful; sincere
• 蔯a variety of artemisia
• 梣Chinese ash (Fraxinus chinensis)
• 茞fragrant plant; angelica
• 煁brazier