浅 - qiǎn - Chinese character definition, English meaning and stroke order

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浅 (淺)

qiǎn

Definition

shallow
light (color)

Other pronunciations

jiān

sound of moving water

Character Decomposition

Related words (46)

浅学

qiǎn xué

shallow study; superficial; scant knowledge

浅尝

qiǎn cháng

dilettante; amateur; to dabble in; to flirt with (a topic)

浅易

qiǎn yì

easy; simple; suitable for beginners

浅显

qiǎn xiǎn

plain; clear; obvious

浅析

qiǎn xī

primary, elementary or coarse analysis

shallow water

shallow sea; sea less than 200 meters deep

浅淡

qiǎn dàn

light (color); pale; vague (feeling)

depth (archaic)

shallows; shoal; sandbar

浅白

qiǎn bái

simple; easy to understand

浅短

qiǎn duǎn

narrow and shallow (knowledge or skill); superficial

shallow reef; shoal

to scratch; shallow plowing

light color

superficial

shallow opinion; humble opinion

浅说

qiǎn shuō

simple introduction; primer

simple

shallow and crude; meager (knowledge or skill)

浅露

qiǎn lù

blunt; direct (i.e. not tactful)

meager; slight

dark; gray; (of skin) lightly pigmented

浅尝者

qiǎn cháng zhě

dilettante; amateur; dabbler

bas-relief

buff; pale yellow

shallow orthography (governed by simple rules)

浅希近求

qiǎn xī jìn qiú

to aim low; to aim to get by; without lofty ambition

浅源地震

qiǎn yuán dì zhèn

shallow earthquake (with epicenter less than 70 km deep)

浅滩指示浮标

qiǎn tān zhǐ shì fú biāo

bar buoy; buoy marking shallows or sandbar

搁浅

gē qiǎn

to be stranded (of ship); to run aground; (fig.) to run into difficulties and stop

浮浅

fú qiǎn

skin-deep; superficial; shallow

深浅

shēn qiǎn

deep or shallow; depth (of the sea); limits of decorum

narrow and shallow

shallow; superficial

skin deep; superficial; shallow

junior

platter

short-sighted

to run aground in mid-course; to run into difficulty and stop

交情匪浅

jiāo qíng fěi qiǎn

to be very close; to understand each other

交浅言深

jiāo qiǎn yán shēn

deep in conversation with a comparative stranger

to benefit (from)

to cause a lot of trouble; to inflict much suffering

to be shortsighted

short-sighted

Idioms (3)

浅尝辄止

qiǎn cháng zhé zhǐ

to dabble and stop (idiom); to dip into; to attempt half-heartedly; content with a smattering of knowledge; also written 淺嘗輒止|浅尝辄止

才疏学浅

cái shū xué qiǎn

(humble expr.) of humble talent and shallow learning (idiom); Pray forgive my ignorance,...

深入浅出

shēn rù qiǎn chū

to explain a complicated subject matter in simple terms (idiom); (of language) simple and easy to understand

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