Chinese words starting with “zhan”
34 words in our HSK vocabulary start with the syllable zhan. They are sorted by how common they are, so the ones you are most likely to meet come first. The 5 most useful of them have their own page — they are listed first below.
Initial zh · final an · hear the four tones and see example characters →
- 1st tone 6
- 3rd tone 10
- 4th tone 18
Word counts by tone are counted on the first syllable of each word.
Common words with this syllable
- 战争zhàn zhēngHSK 4
war; conflict
- 展示zhǎn shìHSK 5
to reveal; to display; to show; to exhibit
- 战斗zhàn dòuHSK 4
to fight; to engage in combat; struggle; battle
- 展开zhǎn kāiHSK 3
to unfold; to spread out; to open up; to launch; to carry out
- 站住zhàn zhùHSK 2
to stand
All 34 words
| # | Word | Pinyin | POS | Meaning | Study list |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 站 | zhàn | v,n,q | station; to stand; to halt; to stop; branch of a company or organization; website | |
| 2 | 占 | zhàn | v | to take possession of; to occupy; to take up | |
| 3 | 战士 | zhàn shì | n | fighter; soldier; warrior | |
| 4 | 展现 | zhǎn xiàn | v | to unfold before one's eyes; to emerge; to reveal; to display | |
| 5 | 战略 | zhàn lüè | n | strategy | |
| 6 | 战胜 | zhàn shèng | v | to prevail over; to defeat; to surmount | |
| 7 | 粘 | zhān | v | to glue; to paste; to adhere; to stick to | |
| 8 | 战术 | zhàn shù | n | tactics | |
| 9 | 战场 | zhàn chǎng | n | battlefield | |
| 10 | 占据 | zhàn jù | v | to occupy; to hold | |
| 11 | 沾 | zhān | v | to moisten; to be infected by; to receive benefit or advantage through a contact; to touch | |
| 12 | 展览 | zhǎn lǎn | vn,v | to put on display; to exhibit; exhibition; show | |
| 13 | 占领 | zhàn lǐng | v,vn | to capture; to seize; to occupy by force | |
| 14 | 占用 | zhàn yòng | v | to occupy | |
| 15 | 占有 | zhàn yǒu | v,vn | to have; to own; to hold; to occupy; to possess; to account for (a high proportion etc) | |
| 16 | 战役 | zhàn yì | n | military campaign | |
| 17 | 崭新 | zhǎn xīn | b | brand new | |
| 18 | 战友 | zhàn yǒu | n | comrade-in-arms; battle companion | |
| 19 | 盏 | zhǎn | q,g | a small cup; classifier for lamps | |
| 20 | 斩 | zhǎn | v | to behead (as form of capital punishment); to chop | |
| 21 | 展出 | zhǎn chū | v | to put on display; to be on show; to exhibit | |
| 22 | 站台 | zhàn tái | n | platform (at a railway station); (Tw) (of an influential person) to publicly lend one's support (e.g. for an election candidate); (Tw) website | |
| 23 | 站立 | zhàn lì | v | to stand; standing; on one's feet | |
| 24 | 绽放 | zhàn fàng | v,vn | to blossom | |
| 25 | 展望 | zhǎn wàng | v,vn | outlook; prospect; to look ahead; to look forward to | |
| 26 | 蘸 | zhàn | v | to dip in (ink, sauce etc) | |
| 27 | 展览会 | zhǎn lǎn huì | n | exhibition; show | |
| 28 | 占卜 | zhān bǔ | v | to divine | |
| 29 | 粘贴 | zhān tiē | v | to stick; to affix; to adhere; to paste (as in "copy and paste"); Taiwan pr. [nián tiē]; also written 黏贴 | |
| 30 | 瞻仰 | zhān yǎng | v | to revere; to admire | |
| 31 | 斩钉截铁 | zhǎn dīng jié tiě | l | lit. to chop the nail and slice the iron (idiom); fig. resolute and decisive; unhesitating; categorical | |
| 32 | 占线 | zhàn xiàn | v,vn | busy (telephone line) | |
| 33 | 斩草除根 | zhǎn cǎo chú gēn | v | to cut weeds and eliminate the roots (idiom); to destroy root and branch; to eliminate completely | |
| 34 | 沾光 | zhān guāng | v | to bask in the light; fig. to benefit from association with sb or sth; reflected glory |
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