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赡

shàn

Character Traditional 贍

What 赡 means

1. to support
2. to provide for

Example sentences

• 汤姆有家属需要赡养。
  Tom has dependents.
• 等父母老了，我会赡养他们。
  Děng fùmǔ lǎo le, wǒ huì shànyǎng tāmen.
  When my parents get old, I will support them.

Words starting with 赡

• 赡养shàn yǎngto support; to provide support for; to maintain
• 赡养费shàn yǎng fèialimony; child support; maintenance allowance

Words containing 赡

• 南赡部洲Nán shàn bù zhōuJambudvipa

Characters built on 詹

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

• 瞻zhānto gaze; to view
• 檐yáneaves; ledge or brim
• 蟾chántoad ("chán" represents the sound of its croaking)…
• 澹dàntranquil; placid; quiet
• 儋dāncarry
• 谵zhān(literary) to rant; to rave; to be delirious

Characters that look like 赡

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

• 糖tángsugar; sweets; candy
• 赠zèngto give as a present; to repel; to bestow an honorary title after death (old)
• 瞻zhānto gaze; to view
• 瞳tóngpupil of the eye
• 踱duóto pace; to stroll; Taiwan pr. duò
• 燎liáoto burn; to set afire

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
• 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