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湾

wān

HSK 6 Character Traditional 灣

What 湾 means

1. bay
2. gulf
3. to cast anchor
4. to moor (a boat)

Example sentences

• 我是台湾人。
  I am Taiwanese.
• 保卫台湾 ！
  Defend Taiwan!
• 台湾能帮助。
  Taiwan can help.
• 台湾不是泰国。
  Táiwān bù shì Tàiguó.
  Taiwan is not Thailand.
• 机场在大阪湾。
  The airport is in Osaka Bay.
• 泰国不是台湾。
  Thailand is not Taiwan.

Words starting with 湾

• 湾仔Wān ZǎiWan Chai district of Hong Kong
• 湾环wān huántwisting river
• 湾沚区Wān zhǐ QūWanzhi, a district of Wuhu City 芜湖市
• 湾沚Wān zhǐsee 湾沚区

Words containing 湾

• 台湾Tái wānTaiwan
• 港湾gǎng wānbay serving as a harbor
• 海湾hǎi wānbay; gulf
• 铜锣湾Tóng luó WānCauseway Bay
• 台湾海峡Tái wān Hǎi xiáTaiwan Strait
• 亚龙湾Yà lóng WānYalong Bay in Sanya 三亚
• 台湾省Tái wān shěngTaiwan province (PRC term)
• 波斯湾Bō sī WānPersian Gulf
• 北部湾Běi bù WānGulf of Tonkin
• 墨湾Mò WānGulf of Mexico
• 下龙湾Xià lóng WānHa Long Bay, Vietnam
• 亚丁湾Yà dīng WānGulf of Aden
• 台湾话Tái wān huàTaiwanese Hokkien
• 大亚湾Dà yà WānDaya Bay, located on the coast of Guangdong, near Shenzhen and Hong Kong
• 大湾区Dà wān QūGreater Bay Area, established in 2017, consisting of Hong Kong, Macao and nine cities in…
• 张湾区Zhāng wān QūZhangwan, a district of Shiyan City 十堰市
• 排湾族Pái wān zúPaiwan, one of the indigenous peoples of Taiwan
• 东京湾Dōng jīng WānTokyo Bay; former name of 北部湾
• 荣成湾Róng chéng wānRoncheng bay near Weihai 威海市 on north coast of Shandong
• 沙湾区Shā wān QūShawan, a district of Leshan City 乐山市
• 沙湾市Shā wān ShìShawan, a county-level city in Tacheng Prefecture 塔城地区
• 台湾岛Tái wān DǎoTaiwan Island
• 金湾区Jīn wān QūJinwan, a district of Zhuhai City 珠海市
• 金角湾Jīn jiǎo wānZolotoy Rog or Golden Horn Bay in Vladivostok (famous for its pollution)

Characters that look like 湾

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

• 痛tòngache; pain; sorrow
• 淆xiáoconfused and disorderly; mixed; Taiwan pr. yáo
• 渍zìto soak; to be stained; stain
• 靖jìng(bound form) peaceful; (bound form) to pacify; to suppress
• 淄zīblack; name of a river
• 遛liùto stroll; to walk (an animal)

Sounds the same

Read wān, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 弯to bend; bent; a bend; a turn (in a road etc)
• 剜to scoop out; to gouge out
• 蜿used in 蜿蜒
• 豌used in 豌豆
• 塆col; gully