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膳

shàn

Character

What 膳 means

1. meals

Other readings

膳 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• shànvariant of {膳|shàn}

Example sentences

• 您吃了什么样的膳食？
  Nín chī le shénmeyàng de shànshí?
  What kind of meal did you eat?
• 你要吃多点含膳食纤维的食物。
  Nǐ yào chī duō diǎn hán shànshí xiānwéi de shíwù.
  You need to eat more fiber.

Words starting with 膳

• 膳食shàn shímeals; food
• 膳魔师Shàn mó shīThermos (brand)
• 膳食纤维shàn shí xiān wéidietary fiber

Words containing 膳

• 用膳yòng shànto dine
• 药膳yào shànmedicinal cuisine
• 御膳房yù shàn fángimperial kitchen

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
• 胭yānrouge
• 腩nǎnbrisket; belly beef; spongy meat from cow's underside and neighboring ribs
• 潸shāntearfully
• 膻shān(old) a flock of sheep or goats; variant of 膻

Characters that look like 膳

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

• 瞎xiāblind; groundlessly; foolishly
• 膝xīknee
• 滕Téngvassal state of Zhou in Shandong; surname Teng
• 踞jùto be based upon; to squat
• 辘lùused in 辘辘; used in 轱辘; used in 辘轳
• 臊sàoshame; bashfulness; to shame

Sounds the same

Read shàn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 善good (virtuous); benevolent; well-disposed
• 扇fan; sliding, hinged or detachable flat part of sth; classifier for doors, windows etc
• 擅without authority; to usurp; to arrogate to oneself
• 禅to abdicate
• 缮to repair; to mend; to rewrite
• 鳝Chinese yellow eel
• 赡to support; to provide for
• 蟺earthworm
• 汕bamboo fish trap; used in names of places connected with Shantou 汕头
• 讪to mock; to ridicule; to slander
• 疝hernia
• 嬗(literary) to go through successive changes; to evolve