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腆

tiǎn

Character

What 腆 means

1. make strong (as liquors)
2. virtuous

Example sentences

• 汤姆上高中时很䩄腆。
  Tom was shy in high school.
• 她给了我一个腼腆的笑容。
  Tā gěi le wǒ yī gè miǎntiǎn de xiàoróng.
  She gave me a shy smile.
• 她给了我一个䩄腆的笑容。
  She gave me a shy smile.

Words containing 腆

• 腼腆miǎn tiǎnshy; bashful

Characters built on 月

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

• 脸liǎnface
• 肩jiānshoulder; to shoulder (responsibilities etc)
• 腺xiàngland
• 閒jiānvariant of 间
• 腱jiàntendon; sinew
• 腼miǎnused in 腼腆
• 胼piánused in 胼胝

Characters that look like 腆

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

• 搬bānto move (i.e. relocate oneself); to move (sth relatively heavy or bulky); to shift
• 稀xīsparse; scattered; rare; uncommon; diluted; thin; watery
• 稠chóudense; crowded; thick
• 雏chú(bound form) chick; young bird
• 腋yè(bound form) armpit; axilla; axil
• 楝liànMelia japonica

Sounds the same

Read tiǎn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 舔to lick; to lap
• 殄to exterminate
• 餂to obtain by deception
• 忝to shame
• 㥏(literary) ashamed
• 晪(literary) bright
• 淟turbid; muddy
• 觍shameful; shameless
• 睓variant of 㥏