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蘸

zhàn

HSK 3.0 character level 7-9 Character

蘸 (zhàn) means "to dip in (ink, sauce etc)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 蘸 means

1. to dip in (ink, sauce etc)

Example sentences

• 薯条蘸蛋黄酱很好吃！
  Chips with mayonnaise is delicious!

Words starting with 蘸

• 蘸火zhàn huǒto quench (a metal workpiece)
• 蘸破zhàn pòto wake up due to noise
• 蘸酱zhàn jiàngdipping sauce; to dip in sauce

Characters that look like 蘸

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

• 癫diānmentally deranged; crazy
• 霹pīused in 霹雳
• 霾máihaze
• 鼹yǎnmole
• 夔Kuíone-legged mountain demon of Chinese mythology; Chinese mythical figure who invented…

Sounds the same

Read zhàn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 站station; to stand; to halt
• 占to take possession of; to occupy; to take up
• 战to fight; fight; war
• 湛deep; clear (water)
• 栈a wooden or bamboo pen for sheep or cattle; wood or bamboo trestlework; a warehouse
• 绽to burst open; to split at the seam
• 偡(literary) orderly; neat
• 轏chariot for sleeping and conveyance
• 襢unadorned but elegant dress

Go deeper

• How characters are built from components.
• How to learn Chinese characters.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read zhàn correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.