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崭

zhǎn

HSK 6 Character Traditional 嶄

What 崭 means

1. towering
2. prominent
3. very
4. extremely
5. dialectmarvelous
6. excellent

Other readings

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

• zhǎnvariant of {崭|zhǎn}
• chánvariant of {崭|chán}
• chánvariant of {巉|chán}

Example sentences

• Tom买了辆崭新的车。
  T om mǎi le liàng zhǎnxīn de chē.
  Tom bought a brand-new car.
• 您新买的是辆崭新的车吗？
  Have you bought a brand-new car?

Words starting with 崭

• 崭新zhǎn xīnbrand new
• 崭露头角zhǎn lù tóu jiǎoto reveal outstanding talent (idiom); to stand out as conspicuously brilliant
• 崭亮zhǎn liàngshining; brilliant
• 崭劲zhǎn jìn(dialect) to apply oneself; to make a strong effort
• 崭晴zhǎn qíngclear weather
• 崭然zhǎn ránoutstanding; towering
• 崭齐zhǎn qíorderly; tidy

Characters built on 斩

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

• 暂zàntemporary; Taiwan pr. zhàn
• 惭cánashamed
• 錾zànto engrave

Characters that look like 崭

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

• 载zǎito record in writing; to carry (i.e. publish in a newspaper etc); Taiwan pr. zài
• 莉lìused in 茉莉; used in the transliteration of female names
• 堤dīdike; Taiwan pr. tí
• 葵kuíused in the names of various herbaceous plants
• 筵yánbamboo mat for sitting
• 葫húused in 葫芦

Sounds the same

Read zhǎn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 展to spread out; to open up; to exhibit
• 斩to behead (as form of capital punishment); to chop
• 盏a small cup; classifier for lamps
• 辗used in 辗转
• 琖wine cup
• 醆wine cup
• 搌to sop up; to dab
• 椫(wood)
• 飐to sway in the wind