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踮

diǎn

Character

What 踮 means

1. to stand on tiptoe
2. Taiwan pr. diàn

Example sentences

• 她踮起脚向他耳语，然后走了
  She stood on tip-toe and whispered something in his ear, and then went away.
• 她踮起脚向他耳语，然后走开了。
  Tā diǎn qǐ jiǎo xiàng tā ěryǔ, ránhòu zǒukāi le.
  She stood on tip-toe and whispered something in his ear, and then went away.
• 他踮着脚尖走, 所以没有人听到他。
  Tā diǎn zhe jiǎojiān zǒu, suǒyǐ méiyǒu rén tīngdào tā.
  He tiptoed so no one heard him.

Words starting with 踮

• 踮脚尖diǎn jiǎo jiānto stand on tiptoe

Characters built on 店

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

• 惦diànto think of; to remember; to miss
• 掂diānto weigh in the hand; to estimate

Characters that look like 踮

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

• 缩suōto withdraw; to pull back; to contract
• 聪cōng(literary) acute (of hearing); (bound form) clever; intelligent; sharp
• 糙cāorough; coarse (in texture)
• 踞jùto be based upon; to squat
• 潴zhūpool; pond
• 膑bìnvariant of 髌

Sounds the same

Read diǎn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 点to touch briefly; to tap; to mark with a dot; to check off (on a list)…
• 典canon; law; standard work of scholarship
• 碘iodine (chemistry)
• 琠gem used as ear plug; jade earrings
• 奌variant of 点