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溅

jiàn

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 character level 7-9 Character Traditional 濺

溅 (jiàn) means "to splash". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 溅 means

1. to splash

Example sentences

• 汤姆和我溅了对方。
  Tāngmǔ hé wǒ jiàn le duìfāng.
  Tom and I splashed each other.
• 为溅出的牛奶哭也没用。
  Wèi jiàn chū de niúnǎi kū yě méiyòng.
  It is no use crying over spilt milk.
• 他愤怒地践踏水坑，弄得泥水四溅。
  Angrily, he stomped on the puddle, splashing mud everywhere.
• 车子经过的时候把泥水溅到了我的身上。
  Chēzi jīngguò de shíhou bǎ níshuǐ jiàn dào le wǒ de shēnshang.
  The passing car splashed muddy water on me.

Words starting with 溅

• 溅射jiàn shèsputtering
• 溅洒jiàn sǎto spill; to splatter; to splash
• 溅落jiàn luò(of a spacecraft) to splash down; (of a liquid) to splash onto a surface
• 溅开jiàn kāisplash

Words containing 溅

• 飞溅fēi jiànto splash; to spatter
• 四溅sì jiàn(of droplets, sparks etc) to fly about in all directions; to splatter everywhere
• 喷溅pēn jiànto splash; to splatter
• 泼溅pō jiànto spatter
• 飞沫四溅fēi mò sì jiànto spray in all directions

Characters that look like 溅

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

• 满mǎnto fill; full; filled
• 掘juéto dig
• 稠chóudense; crowded; thick
• 绷bēngto draw tight; to stretch taut; to tack (with thread or pin); (bound form) embroidery hoop
• 遨áoto make an excursion; to ramble; to travel
• 堀kūcave; hole

Sounds the same

Read jiàn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 见to see; to meet; to appear (to be sth)
• 件item; component; classifier for events, things, clothes etc
• 健healthy; to invigorate; to strengthen
• 建to establish; to found; to set up
• 键key (on a piano or computer keyboard); button (on a mouse or other device); chemical bond
• 渐gradual; gradually
• 践to fulfill (a promise); to tread; to walk
• 荐to recommend; to offer sacrifice (arch.); grass
• 剑double-edged sword; classifier for blows of a sword
• 鉴bronze mirror (used in ancient times); to reflect; to mirror
• 舰warship
• 箭arrow

Where 溅 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · jiàn (2) (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• How characters are built from components.
• How to learn Chinese characters.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read jiàn correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.