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添

tiān

HSK 6 Character

What 添 means

1. to add; to increase; to replenish

Example sentences

• 给您添麻烦了。
  Gěi nín tiānmáfan le.
  Sorry to trouble you.
• 不要画蛇添足。
  Bù yào huàshétiānzú.
  Let well alone.
• 给你添麻烦啦！
  I've troubled you!
• 再往火里添些木柴。
  Zài wǎng huǒ lǐ tiān xiē mùchái.
  Put some more wood on the fire.
• 我们家快要添丁了。
  We are expecting an addition to our family.
• 我爱添好运的点心。
  I love the Dim sims from Tim Ho Wan.

Words starting with 添

• 添加tiān jiāto add; to increase
• 添置tiān zhìto buy; to acquire; to add to one's possessions
• 添麻烦tiān má fanto cause trouble for sb; to inconvenience
• 添加剂tiān jiā jìadditive; food additive
• 添乱tiān luàn(colloquial) to cause trouble for sb; to inconvenience
• 添油加醋tiān yóu jiā cù(lit.) to add oil and vinegar (idiom); (fig.) to embellish…
• 添丁tiān dīngto add a son to the family
• 添补tiān buto fill (up); to replenish
• 添办tiān bànto acquire
• 添加物tiān jiā wùadditive
• 添福添寿tiān fú tiān shòuto increase luck and longevity
• 添砖加瓦tiān zhuān jiā wǎlit. contribute bricks and tiles for a building (idiom); fig. to do one's bit to help
• 添堵tiān dǔto make people feel even more stressed or annoyed (coll.)…

Words containing 添

• 增添zēng tiānto add; to increase
• 画蛇添足huà shé tiān zúlit. draw legs on a snake (idiom); fig. to ruin the effect by adding sth superfluous…
• 平添píng tiānto add or gain sth without additional effort; to add sth without good cause
• 锦上添花jǐn shàng tiān huā(lit.) to add flowers to brocade (idiom); (fig.) to make sth good even better…
• 加添jiā tiānto add; to augment; to increase
• 如虎添翼rú hǔ tiān yìlit. like a tiger that has grown wings; with redoubled power (idiom)
• 加油添醋jiā yóu tiān cùto add interest (to a story); to sex up
• 二一添作五èr yī tiān zuò wǔlit. one half equals zero point five (division rule in abacus reckoning)…

Characters that look like 添

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

• 港gǎngharbor; port
• 拳quánfist; boxing
• 屡lǚtime and again; repeatedly; frequently
• 捧pěngto hold or offer with both hands; to sing the praises of…
• 萘nàinaphthalene C10H8
• 珞luòneck-ornament

Sounds the same

Read tiān, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 天day; sky; heaven
• 黇used in 黇鹿
• 靔old variant of 天
• 兲variant of 天