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擅

shàn

HSK 6 Character

What 擅 means

1. without authority
2. to usurp
3. to arrogate to oneself
4. to monopolize
5. expert in
6. to be good at

Example sentences

• 肯擅长游泳。
  Ken is good at swimming.
• 他擅长驾驶。
  He is good at driving.
• 我擅长足球。
  I'm good at soccer.
• 我擅长滑雪。
  I'm good at skiing.
• 我擅长网球。
  I'm good at tennis.
• 他擅长骑马。
  He is good at riding a horse.

Words starting with 擅

• 擅长shàn chángto be good at; to be expert in
• 擅自shàn zìwithout permission
• 擅场shàn chǎngto excel in some field; expert at sth
• 擅断shàn duànarbitrary
• 擅权shàn quánto arrogate power
• 擅美shàn měito enjoy fame without sharing it; to take the credit
• 擅离职守shàn lí zhí shǒuto abscond; to be absent without leave
• 擅闯shàn chuǎngto enter without permission; to trespass

Words containing 擅

• 专擅zhuān shànwithout authorization; to act on one's own initiative
• 宠擅专房chǒng shàn zhuān fángan especially favored concubine (idiom)

Characters built on 亶

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

• 颤chànto tremble; to shiver; to shake
• 檀tánsandalwood; hardwood; purple-red
• 嬗shàn(literary) to go through successive changes; to evolve
• 膻shān(old) a flock of sheep or goats; variant of 膻
• 澶chánstill (as of water); still water
• 襢zhànunadorned but elegant dress

Characters that look like 擅

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

• 懂dǒngto understand; to comprehend
• 撞zhuàngto knock against; to bump into; to run into
• 檀tánsandalwood; hardwood; purple-red
• 撸lū(dialect) to grasp (sth long or cylindrical) and slide the hand up or down…
• 擂léito pound (with a mortar and pestle); to hit (a person); to beat (a drum)…
• 缰jiāngbridle; reins; halter

Sounds the same

Read shàn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 善good (virtuous); benevolent; well-disposed
• 扇fan; sliding, hinged or detachable flat part of sth; classifier for doors, windows etc
• 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