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浅

qiǎn

HSK 5 Character Traditional 淺

What 浅 means

1. shallow
2. light (color)

Other readings

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

• jiānsound of moving water

Example sentences

• 汤姆很肤浅。
  Tom is shallow.
• 这条河浅吗？
  Is this river shallow?
• 天空是浅蓝的。
  The sky is light blue.
• 他喜欢比较浅的绿色。
  Tā xǐhuan bǐjiào qiǎn de lǜsè.
  He likes green in a lighter shade.
• 浅间山现在是寂静的。
  Qiǎnjiān Shān xiànzài shì jìjìng de.
  Mt. Asama is now dormant.
• 他用浅显的英语演讲。
  Tā yòng qiǎnxiǎn de Yīngyǔ yǎnjiǎng.
  He made a speech in plain English.

Words starting with 浅

• 浅薄qiǎn bósuperficial
• 浅色qiǎn sèlight color
• 浅显qiǎn xiǎn(of written or spoken material) easy to understand; accessible
• 浅水qiǎn shuǐshallow water
• 浅析qiǎn xīprimary, elementary or coarse analysis
• 浅黄色qiǎn huáng sèbuff; pale yellow
• 浅尝qiǎn chángto merely have a sip or a bite (of one's food or drink); (fig.) to dabble in…
• 浅学qiǎn xuéshallow study; superficial; scant knowledge
• 浅易qiǎn yìeasy; simple; suitable for beginners
• 浅海qiǎn hǎishallow sea; sea less than 200 meters deep
• 浅淡qiǎn dànlight (color); pale; vague (feeling)
• 浅深qiǎn shēndepth (archaic)
• 浅滩qiǎn tānshallows; shoal; sandbar
• 浅白qiǎn báisimple; easy to understand
• 浅短qiǎn duǎnnarrow and shallow (knowledge or skill); superficial
• 浅草Qiǎn cǎoAsakusa…
• 浅见qiǎn jiànshallow opinion; humble opinion
• 浅说qiǎn shuōsimple introduction; primer
• 浅近qiǎn jìnsimple
• 浅露qiǎn lùblunt; direct (i.e. not tactful)
• 浅鲜qiǎn xiǎnmeager; slight
• 浅黑qiǎn hēidark; gray; (of skin) lightly pigmented
• 浅浮雕qiǎn fú diāobas-relief
• 浅层文字qiǎn céng wén zìshallow orthography (governed by simple rules)

Words containing 浅

• 肤浅fū qiǎnsuperficial; shallow
• 深浅shēn qiǎndeep or shallow; depth (of the sea); limits of decorum
• 受益匪浅shòu yì fěi qiǎnto benefit (from)
• 搁浅gē qiǎnto be stranded (of ship); to run aground; fig. to run into difficulties and stop
• 深入浅出shēn rù qiǎn chūto explain a complicated subject matter in simple terms (idiom)…
• 粗浅cū qiǎnshallow; superficial
• 浮浅fú qiǎnskin-deep; superficial; shallow
• 短浅duǎn qiǎnnarrow and shallow
• 脱浅tuō qiǎnto refloat (a boat that has run aground)
• 资浅zī qiǎninexperienced; junior (employee etc)
• 大浅盘dà qiǎn pánplatter
• 交浅言深jiāo qiǎn yán shēn(idiom) to talk intimately while being comparative strangers
• 害人不浅hài rén bù qiǎn(idiom) (usu. of behaviors, systems or trends etc) to cause people tremendous harm
• 才疏学浅cái shū xué qiǎn(humble expr.) of humble talent and shallow learning (idiom)…
• 目光短浅mù guāng duǎn qiǎnto be shortsighted
• 眼皮子浅yǎn pí zi qiǎnshort-sighted
• 中途搁浅zhōng tú gē qiǎnto run aground in mid-course; to run into difficulty and stop
• 交情匪浅jiāo qíng fěi qiǎnto be very close; to understand each other
• 淤浅yū qiǎnto silt up
• 水浅养不住大鱼shuǐ qiǎn yǎng bù zhù dà yúlit. shallow waters cannot harbor big fish (idiom)…

Characters built on 戋

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

• 线xiànthread; string; wire
• 钱qiáncoin; money; unit of weight, one tenth of a tael 两
• 践jiànto fulfill (a promise); to tread; to walk
• 贱jiàninexpensive; lowly; despicable
• 笺jiānletter; note-paper
• 饯jiànfarewell dinner; preserves

Characters that look like 浅

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

• 围wéito encircle; to surround; all around
• 庞páng(bound form) huge; (bound form) numerous and disordered; (bound form) face
• 茂màoluxuriant; (chemistry) cyclopentadiene
• 沮jǔto destroy; to stop
• 洼wādepression; low-lying area; low-lying; sunken
• 泷lóngrapids; waterfall; torrential (rain)

Sounds the same

Read qiǎn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 遣(bound form) to dispatch; to send; (bound form) to drive away; to dispel
• 谴to censure; to reprimand
• 缱used in 缱绻
• 𣍰pelvic cavity; lower abdomen
• 肷(usu. of an animal) the part of the side of the body between the ribs and the hipbone