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炫

xuàn

HSK 6 Character

What 炫 means

1. to dazzle
2. to boast
3. to show off
4. slangcool
5. awesome

Example sentences

• 不要太炫耀这个了。
  Bù yào tài xuànyào zhège le.
  Stop being so arrogant about this.
• 雅尼炫耀他的新车。
  Yanni was showing off his new car.
• 西班牙队像往常一样炫耀他们一脚传球的球技。
  Xībānyá duì xiàng wǎngcháng yīyàng xuànyào tāmen yī jiǎo chuánqiú de qiú jì.
  As usual the Spanish team are showing off their skills at one-touch football.

Words starting with 炫

• 炫耀xuàn yàodazzling; to show off; to flaunt
• 炫目xuàn mùto dazzle; to inspire awe
• 炫富xuàn fùto flaunt one's wealth
• 炫弄xuàn nòngto show off; to flaunt
• 炫技xuàn jìto show off one's skills; to put on a dazzling display of one's talents
• 炫酷xuàn kù(slang) cool; awesome

Words containing 炫

• 酷炫kù xuàn(slang) cool; awesome

Characters built on 玄

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

• 眩xuàn(literary) dizzy; (literary) dazzled; bewildered; to dazzle (variant of 炫
• 铉xuànstick-like implement inserted into the handles of a tripod cauldron in ancient times in…
• 泫xuànweep

Characters that look like 炫

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

• 核hépit; stone; nucleus
• 恢huī(bound form) vast; expansive; (bound form) to restore; to recover
• 拨bōto push aside with the hand, foot, a stick etc; to dial; to allocate
• 弦xiánbow string; string of musical instrument; watchspring
• 眩xuàn(literary) dizzy; (literary) dazzled; bewildered; to dazzle (variant of 炫
• 肱gōngupper arm; arm

Sounds the same

Read xuàn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 旋to whirl; immediately; variant of 镟
• 眩(literary) dizzy; (literary) dazzled; bewildered; to dazzle (variant of 炫
• 楦(wooden) shoe last; variant of 楦
• 镟to shape on a lathe; to peel with a knife; to turn in (a screw)
• 渲wash (color)
• 绚adorned; swift; gorgeous
• 铉stick-like implement inserted into the handles of a tripod cauldron in ancient times in…
• 泫weep
• 昡long day; extended; relaxed
• 眴dazzled; dizzy
• 蔙(herb)
• 鞙fine