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扇

shàn

HSK 5 Character

What 扇 means

1. fan
2. sliding, hinged or detachable flat part of sth
3. classifier for doors, windows etc

Other readings

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

• shānto fan; to slap sb on the face

Example sentences

• 我想买风扇。
  Wǒ xiǎng mǎi fēngshàn.
  I want a fan.
• 这扇门打不开。
  This door will not open.
• 大家吹吹电扇。
  Let's blow the fans.
• 把这扇门打开。
  Open this door.
• 我要那个电风扇。
  I want the fan.
• 他砸坏的是这扇窗。
  Tā zá huài de shì zhè shān chuāng.
  This is the window he broke.

Words starting with 扇

• 扇子shàn zifan
• 扇动shān dòngto fan; to flap; to incite
• 扇形shàn xíngcircular sector
• 扇区shàn qūdisk sector (computing)
• 扇叶shàn yèfan blade
• 扇贝shàn bèiscallop (genus Pecten)
• 扇风shān fēngto fan oneself; to fan (sb)
• 扇风耳朵shān fēng ěr duoprotruding ears
• 扇尾沙锥shān wěi shā zhuī(bird species of China) common snipe (Gallinago gallinago)
• 扇虾shàn xiāfan lobster…
• 扇面琴shān miàn qínsame as yangqin 扬琴, dulcimer

Words containing 扇

• 风扇fēng shànelectric fan
• 电扇diàn shànelectric fan
• 电风扇diàn fēng shànelectric fan
• 蒲扇pú shànpalm-leaf fan; cattail-leaf fan
• 折扇zhé shànfolding fan
• 合扇hé shàn(dialect) hinge
• 团扇tuán shàncircular fan
• 塔扇tǎ shàntower fan
• 窗扇chuāng shànwindow; the opening panel of a window
• 台扇tái shàntable fan; desk fan
• 走扇zǒu shànnot closing properly (of door, window etc)
• 门扇mén shàndoor; the opening panel of a door
• 隔扇gé shanpartition; partition board
• 排气扇pái qì shànexhaust fan
• 落地扇luò dì shànpedestal fan; stand fan
• 引导扇区yǐn dǎo shàn qūboot sector
• 无叶风扇wú yè fēng shànbladeless fan
• 吊扇diào shàna ceiling fan; a punka
• 扑扇pū shanto flutter; to flap
• 桃花扇Táo huā ShànThe Peach Blossom Fan, historical play about the last days of the Ming dynasty by Kong…
• 涡扇wō shànturbofan
• 芭蕉扇bā jiāo shànpalm-leaf fan
• 葵扇kuí shànpalm-leaf fan
• 巨海扇蛤jù hǎi shàn gégreat scallop (Pecten maxiumus); king scallop

Characters that look like 扇

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

• 康kānghealthy; peaceful; abundant
• 盛shèngflourishing; vigorous; magnificent
• 崩bēngto collapse; to fall into ruins; death of king or emperor
• 扁biǎnflat; (colloquial) to beat (sb) up; old variant of 匾
• 韭jiǔleek
• 崧sōngvariant of 嵩

Sounds the same

Read shàn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 善good (virtuous); benevolent; well-disposed
• 擅without authority; to usurp; to arrogate to oneself
• 膳meals
• 禅to abdicate
• 缮to repair; to mend; to rewrite
• 鳝Chinese yellow eel
• 赡to support; to provide for
• 蟺earthworm
• 汕bamboo fish trap; used in names of places connected with Shantou 汕头
• 讪to mock; to ridicule; to slander
• 疝hernia
• 嬗(literary) to go through successive changes; to evolve