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衫

shān

HSK 3 Character

What 衫 means

1. garment
2. jacket with open slits in place of sleeves

Example sentences

• 她熨了衬衫。
  She ironed her shirt.
• 请把衬衫脱了。
  Please take off your shirt.
• 这是谁的衬衫。
  Whose shirt is this?
• 这衬衫要十元。
  This shirt costs ten dollars.
• 这衬衫需要熨。
  This shirt needs to be ironed.
• 他把衬衫脱了。
  He removed his shirt.

Words containing 衫

• 衬衫chèn shānshirt; blouse
• 衣衫yī shānclothing; unlined garment
• 长衫cháng shānlong gown; cheongsam; traditional Asian dress for men or (in Hong Kong) women's qipao
• 汗衫hàn shānvest; undershirt; shirt
• 羊毛衫yáng máo shānwool sweater; cardigan
• 运动衫yùn dòng shānsports shirt; sweatshirt
• 套衫tào shāna pullover
• 征衫zhēng shāntraveler's clothing; by extension, traveler
• 恤衫xù shānshirt (loanword)
• 撞衫zhuàng shānto wear the same outfit as sb else (in public)
• 罩衫zhào shānsmock
• 冷气衫lěng qì shānwarm clothes such as padded jacket to be worn in air conditioning (esp. in Hong Kong)
• 半截衫bàn jié shānupper jacket
• 吊带衫diào dài shānhalter top; spaghetti strap top; sun top
• 套衫儿tào shān ra pullover
• 女衬衫nǚ chèn shānblouse
• 广告衫guǎng gào shānpromotional T-shirt
• 海魂衫hǎi hún shānBreton shirt; sailor's striped shirt
• 体恤衫tǐ xù shānT-shirt
• 毛织运动衫máo zhī yùn dòng shānjersey
• 茄克衫jiā kè shānjacket
• 开襟衫kāi jīn shāncardigan

Characters built on 彡

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

• 杉shānChina fir; Cunninghamia lanceolata; also pr. shā
• 彦yànaccomplished; elegant
• 钐shānsamarium (chemistry)
• 参cānto take part in; to participate; to join

Characters that look like 衫

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

• 神shéngod; deity; supernatural; magical; mysterious; spirit; mind; energy
• 材cáimaterial; timber; ability
• 杉shānChina fir; Cunninghamia lanceolata; also pr. shā
• 祈qíto implore; to pray; to request
• 衬chèn(of garments) against the skin; to line; lining
• 拱gǒngto cup one's hands in salute; to surround; to arch

Sounds the same

Read shān, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 山mountain; hill; (colloquial) small bundle of straw for silkworms to spin cocoons on
• 删to delete
• 珊coral
• 杉China fir; Cunninghamia lanceolata; also pr. shā
• 扇to fan; to slap sb on the face
• 姗used in 姗姗
• 煽to fan into a flame; to incite
• 潸tearfully
• 跚used in 蹒跚
• 钐samarium (chemistry)
• 舢sampan
• 膻(old) a flock of sheep or goats; variant of 膻