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撵

niǎn

HSK 3.0 character level 7-9 Character Traditional 攆

撵 (niǎn) means "to expel; to oust; to chase after". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 撵 means

1. to expel
2. to oust
3. dialectto chase after
4. to try to catch up with

Words starting with 撵

• 撵出niǎn chūto expel; to drive out; to oust
• 撵走niǎn zǒuto drive out; to oust

Characters that look like 撵

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

• 撒sāto let go; to cast; to let loose
• 摘zhāito take; to pick (flowers, fruit etc); to pluck; to remove…
• 撰zhuànto compose; to compile
• 撑chēngto support; to prop up; to push or move with a pole
• 褶xí(arch.) court dress

Sounds the same

Read niǎn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 碾stone roller; roller and millstone; to grind
• 捻to twirl (in the fingers)
• 辇(archaic) man-drawn carriage; an imperial carriage; to transport by carriage
• 淰calm water
• 撚to play tricks on or toy with; delicate; exquisite (Cantonese)
• 涊muddy water
• 辗variant of 碾

Go deeper

• How characters are built from components.
• How to learn Chinese characters.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read niǎn correctly.
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