Dictionary › 灿
灿
càn
What 灿 means
- glorious
- bright
- brilliant
- lustrous
- resplendent
Example sentences
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这个世界是灿烂的吗？Zhège shìjiè shì cànlàn de ma?Is it splendid, this world?
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寒冷干燥，灿烂的阳光，多么美丽的冬日天气!Hánlěng gānzào, cànlàn de yángguāng, duōme měilì de dōng rì tiānqì!Cold and dry, splendid sunshine, what beautiful winter weather!
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十月的绿山墙农舍很美。山谷里的白桦树变得金灿灿的，像阳光一样；果园后面的枫树变成了深红色；小路两旁的野樱桃树呈现出最可爱的深红色和古铜绿色。October was a beautiful month at Green Gables, when the birches in the hollow turned as golden as sunshine and the maples behind the orchard were royal crimson and the wild cherry trees along the lane put on the loveliest shades of dark red and bronzy green.
Words starting with 灿
- 灿烂càn lànto glitter; brilliant; splendid
- 灿笑càn xiàoto smile brightly
- 灿烂多彩càn làn duō cǎimulticolored splendor (of fireworks, bright lights etc)
- 灿若繁星càn ruò fán xīngbright as a multitude of stars (idiom); extremely able talent
Words containing 灿
- 金灿灿jīn càn càngolden-bright and dazzling
- 港灿Gǎng càn(derog.) Hong Konger
- 舌灿莲花shé càn lián huā(idiom) eloquent; entertaining in one's speech
- 绮灿qǐ cànenchanting; gorgeous
Characters built on 山
These share the phonetic component 山 (shān), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.
- 岸ànbank; shore; beach; coast
- 岩yáncliff; rock
- 炭tànwood charcoal; coal
- 崭zhǎntowering; prominent; very
- 汕shànbamboo fish trap; used in names of places connected with Shantou 汕头
- 岚lán(bound form) mountain mist
- 讪shànto mock; to ridicule; to slander
- 疝shànhernia
Characters that look like 灿
Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.
- 纽niǔto turn; to wrench; button
- 肚dùbelly
- 扯chěto pull; to tear; (of cloth, thread etc) to buy
- 汕shànbamboo fish trap; used in names of places connected with Shantou 汕头
- 绌chùcrimson silk; deficiency; to stitch
- 妯zhóuused in 妯娌
Sounds the same
Read càn, tone for tone, but written differently.
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