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沾

zhān

HSK 6 Character

What 沾 means

1. to moisten
2. to be infected by
3. to receive benefit or advantage through a contact
4. to touch

Other readings

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

• zhānvariant of {沾|zhān}; to moisten

Example sentences

• 我滴酒不沾。
  I never touch beer.
• 墙上沾满了血。
  Qiáng shàng zhānmǎn le xuè.
  The walls are covered with blood.
• 他看上去沾沾自喜。
  Tā kànshangqu zhānzhānzìxǐ.
  He looks smug.
• 衣服沾上油渍怎幺清洗？
  How do you clean oil stains off clothes?
• 炒蔬菜时，重要的是使用不沾锅。
  When sautéing vegetables, it is important to use a non-stick pan.
• 犯罪现场发现了一把沾满鲜血的刀。
  A knife covered in blood was recovered at the crime scene.

Words starting with 沾

• 沾光zhān guāngto bask in the light; fig. to benefit from association with sb or sth; reflected glory
• 沾满zhān mǎnmuddy; covered in (mud, dust, sweat, blood etc); daubed in
• 沾染zhān rǎnto pollute (often fig.); to be infected by; to gain a small advantage
• 沾沾自喜zhān zhān zì xǐimmeasurably self-satisfied
• 沾边zhān biānto have a connection with; to be close (to reality); to be relevant
• 沾唇zhān chúnto moisten one's lips; to sip (wine, tea etc); esp. used with negatives: never touch a…
• 沾湿zhān shīto moisten; to dampen; to be steeped in
• 沾酱zhān jiàngdip (cookery)
• 沾化区Zhān huà QūZhanhua, a district of Binzhou City 滨州市
• 沾益区Zhān yì QūZhanyi, a district of Qujing City 曲靖市
• 沾染世俗zhān rǎn shì súto be corrupted by the ways of the world (idiom)
• 沾花惹草zhān huā rě cǎoto fondle the flowers and trample the grass (idiom); to womanize; to frequent brothels
• 沾亲带故zhān qīn dài gù(idiom) to have some sort of connection (personal or familial etc)
• 沾黏zhān nián(Taiwan) to stick (to sth); adhesion (medicine)
• 沾濡zhān rúto moisten
• 沾化Zhān huàsee 沾化区
• 沾益Zhān yìsee 沾益区

Words containing 沾

• 均沾jūn zhānto share (profits)
• 不沾锅bù zhān guōnon-stick pan (Tw)
• 滴酒不沾dī jiǔ bù zhānnever to touch a drop of alcohol
• 烟酒不沾yān jiǔ bù zhānabstaining from liquor and tobacco
• 脚不沾地jiǎo bù zhān dìfeet not touching the ground (idiom); to run like the wind
• 放射性沾染fàng shè xìng zhān rǎnradioactive contamination
• 三不沾sān bù zhānair ball (basketball)
• 十指不沾阳春水shí zhǐ bù zhān yáng chūn shuǐ(saying) (usu. of a woman) to have no need to do household chores (washing clothes etc)…
• 惹草沾花rě cǎo zhān huāsee 沾花惹草
• 两手不沾阳春水liǎng shǒu bù zhān yáng chūn shuǐsee 十指不沾阳春水

Characters built on 占

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

• 站zhànstation; to stand; to halt
• 战zhànto fight; fight; war
• 粘zhānto glue; to paste; to adhere; to stick to
• 毡zhānfelt (fabric)
• 苫shānstraw mat; thatch
• 觇chānto observe; to spy on; Taiwan pr. zhān

Characters that look like 沾

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

• 这zhè(pronoun) this; these; (bound form) this; the (followed by a noun); (bound form) this…
• 法fǎlaw; method; way
• 波bōwave; ripple; storm
• 姥lǎograndma (maternal)
• 诘jié(bound form) to question closely; to interrogate
• 佶jídifficult to pronounce

Sounds the same

Read zhān, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 瞻to gaze; to view
• 粘to glue; to paste; to adhere; to stick to
• 毡felt (fabric)
• 詹(literary) verbose; (literary) to arrive, to reach
• 占to observe; to divine
• 谵(literary) to rant; to rave; to be delirious
• 旃felt; silken banner
• 栴used in 栴檀
• 𧮪garrulous; to whisper; to joke
• 邅not making progress
• 𫗴thick congee
• 驙(horse)