Dictionary › 闪
闪
shǎn
What 闪 means
- to dodge
- to duck out of the way
- to beat it
- shaken (by a fall)
- to sprain
- to pull a muscle
- lightning
- spark
- a flash
- to flash (across one's mind)
- to leave behind
- net slang(of a display of affection) "dazzlingly" saccharine
Other readings
Example sentences
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闪亮亮！Shine!
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电闪雷鸣。There is lightning.
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软件又闪退了。The app crashed again.
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我被闪电吓到了。Wǒ bèi shǎndiàn xià dào le.I was scared by the lightning.
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闪电照亮了天空。The lightning lit up the sky.
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闪电击中了车子。Lightning struck the vehicle.
Words starting with 闪
- 闪电shǎn diànlightning
- 闪烁shǎn shuòto glisten; to glitter; to twinkle; to flicker; to be evasive; to equivocate
- 闪过shǎn guòto flash through (one's mind); to dodge (away from pursuers)
- 闪闪shǎn shǎnflickering; sparkling; glistening; glittering
- 闪亮shǎn liàngbrilliant; shiny; a flare
- 闪光shǎn guāngflash
- 闪耀shǎn yàoto glint; to glitter; to sparkle
- 闪现shǎn xiànto flash
- 闪动shǎn dòngto flicker or flash
- 闪出shǎn chūto flash; to sparkle; to appear suddenly
- 闪光灯shǎn guāng dēngflash bulb (photography)
- 闪开shǎn kāito get out of the way
- 闪身shǎn shēnto dodge
- 闪失shǎn shīmishap; accident; accidental loss
- 闪躲shǎn duǒto dodge; to evade
- 闪避shǎn bìto dodge; to sidestep
- 闪光点shǎn guāng diǎnlit. flash point; crucial point; essential point
- 闪人shǎn rén(colloquial) to beat it; to take French leave
- 闪卡shǎn kǎflashcard
- 闪回shǎn huíflashback; to flash back
- 闪婚shǎn hūnto get married soon after meeting (abbr. for 闪电结婚
- 闪存shǎn cún(computing) flash memory
- 闪射shǎn shèto radiate; to shine; glitter of light
- 闪念shǎn niànsudden idea; flash of thought
Words containing 闪
- 躲闪duǒ shǎnto evade; to dodge (out of the way)
- 忽闪hū shǎnto glitter; to gleam; to sparkle
- 电闪diàn shǎnlightning flashes
- 躲躲闪闪duǒ duǒ shǎn shǎnto evade; to dodge (out of the way)
- 亮闪闪liàng shǎn shǎnbright
- 快闪kuài shǎnto depart as quick as a flash; flash mob
- 放闪fàng shǎn(colloquial) (of a couple) to display affection in public or by posting photos on social…
- 快闪族kuài shǎn zúflash mobbers
- 快闪党kuài shǎn dǎngflash mobbers
- 角闪石jiǎo shǎn shíhornblende (rock-forming mineral, type of amphibole)
- 快闪存储器kuài shǎn cún chǔ qì(computing) flash memory
- 快闪记忆体kuài shǎn jì yì tǐ(computing) flash memory
- 普通角闪石pǔ tōng jiǎo shǎn shíhornblende (rock-forming mineral, type of amphibole)
- 快闪记忆体盘kuài shǎn jì yì tǐ pán(computing) flash drive; thumb drive
- 东躲西闪dōng duǒ xī shǎnto dodge about
- 扑闪pū shǎnto wink; to blink
- 寒光闪闪hán guāng shǎn shǎn(of a bladed weapon etc) to gleam coldly
- 金光闪烁jīn guāng shǎn shuòspangle
- 一闪念yī shǎn niànsudden idea; flash of insight
- 一闪而过yī shǎn ér guòto flash past; to flit by
Characters that look like 闪
Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.
- 问wènto ask; to inquire
- 同tónglike; same; similar
- 囚qiúprisoner
- 冈gāngridge; mound
- 丙bǐngthird of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干; third in order…
- 闯chuǎngto rush; to charge; to dash
Sounds the same
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