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瞻

zhān

HSK 6 Character

What 瞻 means

1. to gaze
2. to view

Example sentences

• 达芬奇比别人高瞻远瞩。
  Dá Fēnqí bǐ biérén gāozhān-yuǎnzhǔ.
  Da Vinci could see farther than others.

Words starting with 瞻

• 瞻仰zhān yǎngto revere; to admire
• 瞻拜zhān bàito worship; to gaze with reverence
• 瞻望zhān wàngto look far ahead; to look forward (to)
• 瞻顾zhān gùto look forward and back cautiously
• 瞻礼日Zhān lǐ rìthe Lord's Day; Sunday
• 瞻前顾后zhān qián gù hòulit. to look forward and back (idiom); fig. to consider carefully…

Words containing 瞻

• 前瞻qián zhānforward-looking; prescient; foresight
• 前瞻性qián zhān xìngfarsightedness; perspicacity; prescience
• 高瞻远瞩gāo zhān yuǎn zhǔto stand tall and see far (idiom); taking the long and broad view; acute foresight
• 失瞻shī zhānto fail to greet in timely manner
• 观瞻guān zhānappearance; view; abiding impression
• 朱瞻基Zhū Zhān jīZhu Zhanji, personal name of fifth Ming emperor Xuande 宣德
• 动见观瞻dòng jiàn guān zhānto be watched closely (idiom)
• 马首是瞻mǎ shǒu shì zhānto follow blindly (idiom); to take as one's only guide
• 圣灰瞻礼日Shèng huī zhān lǐ rìAsh Wednesday

Characters built on 詹

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

• 赡shànto support; to provide for
• 檐yáneaves; ledge or brim
• 蟾chántoad ("chán" represents the sound of its croaking)…
• 澹dàntranquil; placid; quiet
• 儋dāncarry
• 谵zhān(literary) to rant; to rave; to be delirious

Characters that look like 瞻

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

• 瞧qiáoto look at; to see; to see (a doctor)
• 赡shànto support; to provide for
• 瞳tóngpupil of the eye
• 曙shǔ(bound form) daybreak; dawn; Taiwan pr. shù
• 檐yáneaves; ledge or brim
• 蟾chántoad ("chán" represents the sound of its croaking)…

Sounds the same

Read zhān, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 沾to moisten; to be infected by; to receive benefit or advantage through a contact
• 粘to glue; to paste; to adhere; to stick to
• 毡felt (fabric)
• 詹(literary) verbose; (literary) to arrive, to reach
• 占to observe; to divine
• 谵(literary) to rant; to rave; to be delirious
• 旃felt; silken banner
• 栴used in 栴檀
• 𧮪garrulous; to whisper; to joke
• 邅not making progress
• 𫗴thick congee
• 驙(horse)