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珊

shān

Character

What 珊 means

1. coral

Example sentences

• 苏珊很会煮饭。
  Sūshān hěn huì zhǔfàn.
  Susan is a good cook.
• 我是苏珊格林。
  I'm Susan Greene.
• 苏珊喜欢听音乐。
  Susan enjoys listening to music.
• 苏珊的房间很暗。
  It was very dark in Susan's room.
• 珍比苏珊更吸引人。
  Jane is more attractive than Susan.
• 你好苏珊，你好吗？
  Hi, Susan. How are you?

Words starting with 珊

• 珊瑚shān húcoral
• 珊瑚礁shān hú jiāocoral reef
• 珊卓Shān zhuóSandra (name)

Words containing 珊

• 阑珊lán shāncoming to an end; waning
• 李丽珊Lǐ Lì shānLee Lai-Shan (1970-), former windsurfing world champion from Hong Kong
• 卡珊德拉Kǎ shān dé lāCassandra (given name); Cassandra (character in Greek mythology)
• 萨珊王朝Sà shān Wáng cháoSassanid Empire of Persia (c. 2nd-7th century AD)
• 关颖珊Guān Yǐng shānMichelle Kwan (1980-), former American figure skater, Olympic medalist
• 红珊瑚hóng shān húred coral; precious coral (Corallium rubrum and several related species of marine coral)
• 草珊瑚cǎo shān húSarcandra glabra (botany)
• 贵珊瑚guì shān húprecious coral; red coral (Corallium rubrum and several related species of marine coral)
• 夜阑珊yè lán shānlate at night
• 苏珊·波伊尔Sū shān · Bō yī ěrSusan Boyle (1961-), competitor in UK reality TV competition
• 苏珊Sū shānSusan (name)

Characters built on 册

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

• 删shānto delete
• 姗shānused in 姗姗
• 跚shānused in 蹒跚

Characters that look like 珊

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

• 继jìto continue; to follow after; to go on with
• 姆mǔ(old) female tutor; used in 保姆
• 栅zhàfence; also pr. shān
• 娠shēnpregnant
• 烩huìto braise; to cook (rice etc) with vegetables, meat and water
• 绢juànthin, tough silk fabric

Sounds the same

Read shān, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 山mountain; hill; (colloquial) small bundle of straw for silkworms to spin cocoons on
• 衫garment; jacket with open slits in place of sleeves
• 删to delete
• 杉China fir; Cunninghamia lanceolata; also pr. shā
• 扇to fan; to slap sb on the face
• 姗used in 姗姗
• 煽to fan into a flame; to incite
• 潸tearfully
• 跚used in 蹒跚
• 钐samarium (chemistry)
• 舢sampan
• 膻(old) a flock of sheep or goats; variant of 膻