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腩

nǎn

Character

What 腩 means

1. brisket
2. belly beef
3. spongy meat from cow's underside and neighboring ribs
4. see {牛腩|niú nǎn} esp. Cantonese
5. erroneously translated as sirloin

Words starting with 腩

• 腩炙nǎn zhìstewed brisket

Words containing 腩

• 牛腩niú nǎnbrisket (esp. Cantonese); belly beef; spongy meat from cow's underside and neighboring…
• 肚腩dù nǎnbelly
• 鱼腩yú nǎnsoft, tender belly part of a fish (considered a delicacy); (fig.) (sports) weak team…

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.

• 胆dǎngall bladder; courage; guts
• 肝gānliver; (slang) to put in long hours, typically late into the night, playing…
• 腕wànwrist; (squid, starfish etc) arm
• 胺àn(chemistry) amine; colloquial pr. ān; Taiwan pr. ān
• 膳shànmeals
• 胭yānrouge
• 潸shāntearfully
• 膻shān(old) a flock of sheep or goats; variant of 膻

Characters that look like 腩

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

• 编biānto weave; to plait; to organize
• 搬bānto move (i.e. relocate oneself); to move (sth relatively heavy or bulky); to shift
• 楠nánMachilus nanmu; Chinese cedar; Chinese giant redwood
• 缄jiān(wooden) box; cup; old variant of 缄
• 腼miǎnused in 腼腆
• 膈gé(anatomy) diaphragm

Sounds the same

Read nǎn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 赧blushing with shame
• 蝻locust nymph
• 戁stand in awe
• 湳(used in place names)