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讪

shàn

Character Traditional 訕

What 讪 means

1. to mock
2. to ridicule
3. to slander

Example sentences

• 在酒吧有没有美女找你搭讪？
  Zài jiǔbā yǒuméiyǒu měinǚ zhǎo nǐ dāshàn?
  Did any cute girls talk to you at the bar?
• 英国人很少在火车上和陌生人搭讪。
  Yīngguórén hěn shǎo zài huǒchē shàng hé mòshēngrén dāshàn.
  Englishmen rarely talk to strangers in the train.

Words starting with 讪

• 讪讪shàn shànembarrassed
• 讪笑shàn xiàoto ridicule; to mock
• 讪脸shàn liǎnimpudent

Words containing 讪

• 搭讪dā shànto hit on someone; to strike up a conversation; to start talking to end an awkward…
• 答讪dā shànvariant of 搭讪

Characters built on 山

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

• 岸ànbank; shore; beach; coast
• 岩yáncliff; rock
• 炭tànwood charcoal; coal
• 灿cànglorious; bright; brilliant
• 崭zhǎntowering; prominent; very
• 汕shànbamboo fish trap; used in names of places connected with Shantou 汕头
• 岚lán(bound form) mountain mist
• 疝shànhernia

Characters that look like 讪

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

• 讼sònglitigation
• 仙xiānimmortal

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
• 膳meals
• 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
• 疝hernia
• 嬗(literary) to go through successive changes; to evolve