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暫

zàn

temporary

Strokes
15
Radical
日
HSK
—
Tone
4

Simplified form: 暂

Stroke order

Our word list and example sentences are in simplified characters. Everything below is for 暂, the simplified form of 暫. We do not have a traditional-script corpus to draw the words from, so they are shown as they are written in simplified Chinese.

Example sentences

  • 他们说情况只是暂时的。

    Tā men shuō qíng kuàng zhǐ shì zàn shí de

    They said the situation was only temporary.

  • 人们常说生命短暂。

    Rén men cháng shuō shēng mìng duǎn zàn

    They often say that life is short.

  • 我知道生命是短暂的。

    Wǒ zhī dào shēng mìng shì duǎn zàn de

    I know that life is short.

  • 暂时不需要,谢谢。

    Zàn shí bù xū yào xiè xie

    Not needed at the moment, thank you.

Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), contributed by their community.

Words containing 暂

  • 暂时zàn shí 4–2 temporary; provisional; for the time being
  • 暂停zàn tíng 4–2 to suspend; time-out (e.g. in sports); stoppage; pause (media player)
  • 暂且zàn qiě 4–3 for now; for the time being; temporarily
  • 短暂duǎn zàn 3–4 of short duration; brief; momentary
  • 暂zàn 4temporary; Taiwan pr. [zhàn]