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杉

shān

Character

What 杉 means

1. China fir
2. Cunninghamia lanceolata
3. also pr. shā

Example sentences

• 我更喜欢洛杉矶。
  I like L.A. better.
• 我比较喜欢洛杉矶。
  I like L.A. better.
• 他登上了前往洛杉矶的飞机。
  Tā dēngshàng le qiánwǎng Luòshānjī de fēijī.
  He boarded a plane bound for Los Angeles.
• 「那是什么树？」「云杉。」
  "What kind of wood is that?" "It's spruce."
• 我应该取消我到洛杉矶的旅行。
  Wǒ yīnggāi qǔxiāo wǒ dào Luòshānjī de lǚxíng.
  I should cancel my L.A. trip.
• 他中途在洛杉矶和芝加哥停留。
  Tā zhōngtú zài Luòshānjī hé Zhījiāgē tíngliú.
  He stopped over at Los Angeles and Chicago.

Words starting with 杉

• 杉山Shān shānSugiyama (Japanese surname)
• 杉本Shān běnSugimoto (Japanese surname)

Words containing 杉

• 洛杉矶Luò shān jīLos Angeles, California
• 云杉yún shānspruce
• 水杉shuǐ shānmetasequoia
• 铁杉tiě shānTsuga chinensis
• 西洋杉xī yáng shāncedar
• 洛杉矶时报Luò shān jī Shí bàoLos Angeles Times
• 洛杉矶湖人Luò shān jī Hú rénLos Angeles Lakers (NBA team)
• 紫杉zǐ shānJapanese yew (taxus cuspidata)
• 紫杉醇zǐ shān chúnTaxol (a.k.a. Paclitaxel), mitotic inhibitor used in cancer chemotherapy
• 白皮杉醇bái pí shān chúnpiceatannol C14H12O4
• 红豆杉醇hóng dòu shān chúnTaxol (a.k.a. Paclitaxel), mitotic inhibitor used in cancer chemotherapy
• 柳杉liǔ shānJapanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica)
• 三尖杉酯碱sān jiān shān zhǐ jiǎnharringtonine (chemistry)
• 加利福尼亚大学洛杉矶分校Jiā lì fú ní yà Dà xué Luò shān jī Fēn xiàoUCLA

Characters built on 彡

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

• 衫shāngarment; jacket with open slits in place of sleeves
• 彦yànaccomplished; elegant
• 钐shānsamarium (chemistry)
• 参cānto take part in; to participate; to join

Characters that look like 杉

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

• 材cáimaterial; timber; ability
• 刺cìthorn; sting; thrust
• 抖dǒuto tremble; to shake out; to reveal
• 衫shāngarment; jacket with open slits in place of sleeves
• 斩zhǎnto behead (as form of capital punishment); to chop
• 彤tóngred

Sounds the same

Read shān, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 山mountain; hill; (colloquial) small bundle of straw for silkworms to spin cocoons on
• 衫garment; jacket with open slits in place of sleeves
• 删to delete
• 珊coral
• 扇to fan; to slap sb on the face
• 姗used in 姗姗
• 煽to fan into a flame; to incite
• 潸tearfully
• 跚used in 蹒跚
• 钐samarium (chemistry)
• 舢sampan
• 膻(old) a flock of sheep or goats; variant of 膻