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暂

zàn

HSK 4 Character Traditional 暫

What 暂 means

1. temporary
2. Taiwan pr. zhàn

Other readings

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

• zànto scurry; variant of {暂|zàn}

Example sentences

• 人生十分短暂。
  Life is very short.
• 我要暂时离开。
  I'll be gone for a while.
• 汤姆暂时无法开车。
  Tom won't be able to drive for a while.
• 暂时不需要，谢谢。
  Not needed at the moment, thank you.
• 我知道生命是短暂的。
  Wǒ zhīdào shēngmìng shì duǎnzàn de.
  I know life is short.
• 暂时藏在仓库里好了。
  Hide it inside the warehouse for now.

Words starting with 暂

• 暂时zàn shítemporary; provisional; for the time being
• 暂且zàn qiěfor now; for the time being; temporarily
• 暂停zàn tíngto suspend; time-out (e.g. in sports); stoppage
• 暂行zàn xíngprovisional
• 暂住证zàn zhù zhèngtemporary residence permit
• 暂缓zàn huǎnto postpone
• 暂定zàn dìngtemporary arrangement; provisional; tentative
• 暂息zàn xīa lull (in the storm); brief break (in rain)
• 暂态zàn tàitransient
• 暂短zàn duǎnbrief (in time)
• 暂缺zàn quēcurrently in short supply; in deficit (of commodity); currently vacant (position)
• 暂停键zàn tíng jiànpause button
• 暂搁zàn gētemporarily stopped; in abeyance

Words containing 暂

• 短暂duǎn zànof short duration; brief; momentary
• 睡眠呼吸暂停shuì mián hū xī zàn tíngsleep apnea

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.

• 崭zhǎntowering; prominent; very
• 惭cánashamed
• 錾zànto engrave

Characters that look like 暂

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

• 营yíngcamp; barracks; battalion
• 曾céngonce; already; ever (in the past)
• 替tìto substitute for; to take the place of; to replace
• 誉yùto praise; to acclaim; reputation
• 萦yíng(literary) to wind around
• 皙xī(literary) fair-skinned; of light complexion

Sounds the same

Read zàn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 赞(bound form) to praise; to laud (variant of 赞
• 瓒libation cup
• 錾to engrave
• 欑gather
• 灒to spatter, to splash, to scatter
• 酂group of 100 families; place name