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泉

quán

HSK 4 Character

What 泉 means

1. spring (small stream)
2. mouth of a spring
3. coin (archaic)

Example sentences

• 喷泉在那里。
  Pēnquán zài nàli.
  The fountain is over there.
• 日本有很多温泉。
  Rìběn yǒu hěn duō wēnquán.
  There are a lot of hot springs in Japan.
• 水是生命的源泉。
  Shuǐ shì shēngmìng de yuánquán.
  Life cannot exist without water.
• 我喜欢喝天然的矿泉水。
  I like to drink natural mineral water.
• 两夫妇应该闲时去浸温泉，过过二人世界。
  Liǎng fūfù yīnggāi jiān shí qù jìn wēnquán, guo guo èrrénshìjiè.
  Sometimes it's good for a married couple to go to a hot spring together—just the two of them.
• 她目睹爱犬在意外中离世，不禁泪如泉涌。
  Tā mùdǔ àiquǎn zàiyì wài zhōng líshì, bù jìn lèi rú quányǒng.
  She shed plentiful tears when her beloved dog was killed in an accident.

Words starting with 泉

• 泉水quán shuǐspring water
• 泉涌quán yǒngto gush
• 泉州市Quán zhōu ShìQuanzhou, prefecture-level city in Fujian Province 福建省
• 泉币quán bìcoin (archaic)
• 泉源quán yuánspringhead; fountainhead; (fig.) source
• 泉眼quán yǎnmouth of a spring or fountain
• 泉华quán huáto sinter (metallurgy)
• 泉路quán lùnetherworld
• 泉山区Quán shān QūQuanshan, a district of Xuzhou City 徐州市
• 泉港区Quán gǎng QūQuangang, a district of Quanzhou City 泉州市
• 泉石膏肓quán shí gāo huānglit. mountain springs and rocks in one's heart (idiom); a deep love of mountain scenery
• 泉州Quán zhōusee 泉州市
• 泉山Quán shānsee 泉山区
• 泉港Quán gǎngsee 泉港区

Words containing 泉

• 矿泉水kuàng quán shuǐmineral water
• 源泉yuán quánfountainhead; well-spring; water source
• 温泉wēn quánhot spring
• 喷泉pēn quánfountain
• 清泉qīng quánclear spring
• 黄泉Huáng quánthe Yellow Springs; the underworld of Chinese mythology; the equivalent of Hades or Hell
• 汤泉tāng quánhot spring (archaic)
• 矿泉kuàng quánmineral spring
• 金泉Jīn quánGimcheon (city in South Korea)
• 平泉市Píng quán ShìPingquan, a county-level city in Chengde City 承德市
• 拜泉县Bài quán XiànBaiquan, a county in Qiqihar City 齐齐哈尔市
• 泡温泉pào wēn quánto soak in a spa or hot spring
• 温泉城wēn quán chénghot springs
• 温泉县Wēn quán XiànWenquan, a county in Bortala Mongol Autonomous Prefecture 博尔塔拉蒙古自治州
• 温泉蛋wēn quán dànonsen tamago; hot spring egg (soft-boiled egg cooked slowly in hot spring water)
• 石泉县Shí quán XiànShiquan, a county in Ankang City 安康市
• 福泉市Fú quán ShìFuquan, a county-level city in Qiannan Buyei and Miao Autonomous Prefecture 黔南布依族苗族自治州
• 礼泉县Lǐ quán XiànLiquan, a county in Xianyang City 咸阳市
• 突泉县Tū quán XiànTuquan, a county in Hinggan League 兴安盟
• 美泉宫Měi quán GōngSchönbrunn Palace in Vienna
• 临泉县Lín quán XiànLinquan, a county in Fuyang City 阜阳市
• 酒泉市Jiǔ quán ShìJiuquan, prefecture-level city in Gansu Province 甘肃省
• 阳泉市Yáng quán ShìYangquan, prefecture-level city in Shanxi Province 山西省
• 龙泉市Lóng quán ShìLongquan, a county-level city in Lishui City 丽水市

Characters that look like 泉

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

• 离líto leave; to part from; to be away from
• 急jíurgent; pressing; rapid
• 哀āi(bound form) sorrow; grief; pity; (bound form) to grieve for; to pity; to lament…
• 屎shǐfeces; excrement; a stool; (bound form) secretion (of the ear, eye etc)
• 枭xiāoowl; valiant; trafficker
• 戾lìto bend; to violate; to go against

Sounds the same

Read quán, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 全all; whole; entire
• 权authority; power; right
• 拳fist; boxing
• 蜷to curl up (like a scroll); to huddle; Melania libertina
• 荃(fragrant plant)
• 诠to explain; to comment; to annotate
• 鬈to curl; curled
• 痊to recover (from illness)
• 醛aldehyde
• 铨to estimate; to select
• 颧(bound form) cheekbone
• 筌bamboo fish trap