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谩

mán

Character Traditional 謾

What 谩 means

1. to deceive

Other readings

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

• mànto slander; to be disrespectful; to slight

Words starting with 谩

• 谩骂màn màto hurl abuse; to deride; to call sb names

Characters built on 曼

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

• 慢mànslow
• 漫mànfree; unrestrained; to inundate
• 蔓màncreeper; to spread
• 幔màncurtain
• 馒mánused in 馒头
• 鳗mán(bound form) eel (Anguilla japonica)
• 缦mànplain thin silk; slow; unadorned
• 墁mànto plaster

Characters that look like 谩

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

• 慢mànslow
• 谨jǐncautious; careful; solemnly
• 遣qiǎn(bound form) to dispatch; to send; (bound form) to drive away; to dispel
• 谱pǔchart; list; table
• 谤bàngto slander; to defame; to speak ill of
• 缦mànplain thin silk; slow; unadorned

Sounds the same

Read mán, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 馒used in 馒头
• 蛮barbarian; bullying; very
• 瞒to conceal from; to keep (sb) in the dark
• 埋used in 埋怨
• 蔓used in 蔓菁
• 鳗(bound form) eel (Anguilla japonica)
• 鬘(of woman's hair) beautiful; flower garland worn as an ornament
• 槾(tree)