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川

chuān

HSK 6 Character

What 川 means

1. bound formriver
2. creek
3. plain
4. an area of level country

Other readings

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

• Chuānshort name for Sichuan {四川|Sì chuān}

Example sentences

• 汤姆不是川普。
  Tom is not Trump.
• 阿尔吉利亚没有冰川。
  Algeria has no glaciers.
• 川普是俄罗斯的资产。
  Trump is a Russian asset.
• 你好，你是小川先生吗？
  Nǐhǎo, nǐ shì Xiǎochuān xiānsheng ma?
  Hello, are you Mr Ogawa?
• 我昨天在加古川看到真一。
  I saw Shin'ichi in Kakogawa yesterday.
• 移民川流不息地进入这个国家。
  Yímín chuānliúbùxī de jìnrù zhège guójiā.
  The immigrants entered the country in a steady flow.

Words starting with 川

• 川流不息chuān liú bù xīthe stream flows without stopping (idiom); unending flow
• 川菜Chuān càiSichuan or Szechuan cuisine
• 川西Chuān xīWestern Sichuan
• 川剧Chuān jùSichuan opera
• 川普Chuān pǔDonald Trump (informal alternative to 特朗普; (linguistics) Sichuan-accented Mandarin…
• 川沙Chuān shāChuansha, name of street and park in Pudong New District 浦东新区
• 川泽chuān zémarshes; swamps
• 川藏Chuān ZàngSichuan and Tibet
• 川贝Chuān bèiSichuan fritillary bulb (Bulbus fritillariae cirrhosae, used in TCM)
• 川资chuān zītravel expenses
• 川震Chuān zhènSichuan great earthquake, the magnitude 8 earthquake of May 2008 at Wenchuan 汶川, Sichuan…
• 川党Chuān dǎngSichuan codonopsis (Codonopsis pilosula, root used in TCM)
• 川汇区Chuān huì QūChuanhui, a district of Zhoukou City 周口市
• 川建国Chuān Jiàn guónickname for US President Trump 川普
• 川木香chuān mù xiāngroot of Vladimiria souliei (used in TCM); Dolomiaea souliei
• 川端康成Chuān duān Kāng chéngKawabata Yasunari, Japanese literature Nobel laureate
• 川褐头山雀Chuān hè tóu shān què(bird species of China) Sichuan tit (Poecile weigoldicus)
• 川滇藏Chuān Diān ZàngSichuan, Yunnan and Tibet
• 川芎chuān xiōngchuanxiong rhizome (rhizome of Ligusticum wallichii, used in TCM)
• 川党参Chuān dǎng shēnSichuan codonopsis (Codonopsis pilosula, root used in TCM)
• 川鲁粤苏浙闽湘徽Chuān Lǔ Yuè Sū Zhè Mǐn Xiāng Huīthe cuisines of Sichuan, Shandong, Guangdong, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Fujian, Hunan and Anhui…
• 川崎Chuān qíKawasaki (name)
• 川汇Chuān huìsee 川汇区
• 川外Chuān Wàiabbr. for 四川外国语大学

Words containing 川

• 四川省Sì chuān ShěngSichuan Province, capital Chengdu 成都市
• 冰川bīng chuānglacier
• 山川shān chuānmountains and rivers; landscape
• 小川Xiǎo chuānOgawa (Japanese surname)
• 四川大学Sì chuān Dà xuéSichuan University
• 银川市Yín chuān ShìYinchuan, prefecture-level city and capital of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region 宁夏回族自治区
• 中川Zhōng chuānNakagawa (Japanese surname and place name)
• 品川Pǐn chuānShinagawa River; Shinagawa district of Tokyo
• 平川píng chuānan expanse of flat land
• 德川Dé chuānTokugawa, Japanese shogunal clan (1603–1867)
• 河川hé chuānrivers
• 玉川Yù chuānTamagawa (Japanese place name and surname)
• 石川Shí chuānIshikawa (Japanese surname and place name)
• 伊川县Yī chuān XiànYichuan, a county in Luoyang City 洛阳市
• 冰川期bīng chuān qīice age
• 利川市Lì chuān ShìLichuan, a county-level city in Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture 恩施土家族苗族自治州
• 汇川区Huì chuān QūHuichuan, a district of Zunyi City 遵义市
• 南川区Nán chuān QūNanchuan, a district of Chongqing 重庆
• 合川区Hé chuān QūHechuan, a district of Chongqing 重庆
• 周小川Zhōu Xiǎo chuānZhou Xiaochuan (1948–), Chinese economist, governor of the People's Bank of China 中国人民银行
• 品川区Pǐn chuān qūShinagawa district of Tokyo
• 宜川县Yí chuān XiànYichuan, a county in Yan'an City 延安市
• 平川区Píng chuān QūPingchuan, a district of Baiyin City 白银市
• 延川县Yán chuān XiànYanchuan, a county in Yan'an City 延安市

Sounds the same

Read chuān, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 穿to bore through; to pierce; to perforate; to go through (e.g. a tunnel)…
• 氚(chemistry) tritium
• 瑏(jade)
• 巛old variant of 川