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淺

qiǎn

shallow, not deep; superficial

Strokes
11
Radical
水
HSK
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Tone
3

Simplified form: 浅

Stroke order

Our word list and example sentences are in simplified characters. Everything below is for 浅, the simplified form of 淺. 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

  • 这条河浅吗?

    Zhè tiáo hé qiǎn ma

    Is this river shallow?

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  • 天空是浅蓝的。

    Tiān kōng shì qiǎn lán de

    The sky is light blue.

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  • 他在工作中经验尚浅。

    Tā zài gōng zuò zhōng jīng yàn shàng qiǎn

    He is still green at the job.

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  • 他思想肤浅,这个我们知道就好。

    Tā sī xiǎng fū qiǎn zhè ge wǒ men zhī dào jiù hǎo

    Between you and me, he's a shallow thinker.

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

Words containing 浅

  • 浅qiǎn 3shallow; light (color)
  • 搁浅gē qiǎn 1–3 to be stranded (of ship); to run aground; fig. to run into difficulties and stop
  • 浅jiān 1sound of moving water