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盏

zhǎn

Character Traditional 盞

What 盏 means

1. a small cup
2. classifier for lamps

Example sentences

• 我买了一盏很旧的灯。
  Wǒ mǎi le yī zhǎn hěn jiù de dēng.
  I bought an old lamp.
• 我买了一盏古老的灯。
  Wǒ mǎi le yī zhǎn gǔlǎo de dēng.
  I bought an ancient lamp.
• 他把一盏灯挂在了天花板上。
  Tā bǎ yī zhǎn dēng guà zài le tiānhuābǎn shàng.
  He hung a lamp from the ceiling.
• 这盏灯发出了一个强大的光束。
  Zhè zhǎn dēng fāchū le yī gè qiángdà de guāngshù.
  This lamp sends out a powerful beam.
• 一盏电灯不亮了，你帮我来看看好吗？
  Yī zhǎn diàndēng bù liàng le, nǐ bāng wǒ láikàn kànhǎo ma?
  One of the lights is not working. Do you think you could come take a look?
• 我会在那盏街灯旁边的长凳上坐下来。
  Wǒ huì zài nà zhǎn jiēdēng pángbiān de chángdèng shàng zuòxia lái.
  I'm going to sit on the bench over there next to the street lamp.

Words containing 盏

• 灯盏dēng zhǎnlantern; uncovered oil lamp
• 马拉盏mǎ lā zhǎn(loanword) belachan (South-East Asian condiment made from fermented shrimp paste)
• 推杯换盏tuī bēi huàn zhǎn(idiom) to drink together in a convivial atmosphere

Characters built on 戋

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

• 残cánto destroy; to spoil; to ruin
• 栈zhàna wooden or bamboo pen for sheep or cattle; wood or bamboo trestlework; a warehouse

Characters that look like 盏

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

• 盗dàoto steal; to rob; to plunder
• 羞xiūshy; ashamed; shame
• 匿nìto hide
• 盔kuīhelmet
• 竖shùto erect; vertical; vertical stroke (in Chinese characters)
• 蛊gǔarch. legendary venomous insect; to poison; to bewitch

Sounds the same

Read zhǎn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 展to spread out; to open up; to exhibit
• 崭towering; prominent; very
• 斩to behead (as form of capital punishment); to chop
• 辗used in 辗转
• 琖wine cup
• 醆wine cup
• 搌to sop up; to dab
• 椫(wood)
• 飐to sway in the wind