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闪

shǎn

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 character level 6 Character Traditional 閃

闪 (shǎn) means "to dodge; to duck out of the way; to beat it". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 闪 means

1. to dodge
2. to duck out of the way
3. to beat it
4. shaken (by a fall)
5. to sprain
6. to pull a muscle
7. lightning
8. spark
9. a flash
10. to flash (across one's mind)
11. to leave behind
12. net slang(of a display of affection) "dazzlingly" saccharine

Other readings

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

• Shǎnsurname Shan

Example sentences

• 闪亮亮！
  Shine!
• 电闪雷鸣。
  There is lightning.
• 软件又闪退了。
  The app crashed again.
• 我被闪电吓到了。
  Wǒ bèi shǎndiàn xià dào le.
  I was scared by the lightning.
• 闪电照亮了天空。
  The lightning lit up the sky.
• 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

Read shǎn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 陕short name for Shaanxi 陕西
• 掺to grasp
• 睒furtively glance; glittering

Go deeper

• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
• How characters are built from components.
• How to learn Chinese characters.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read shǎn correctly.
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