潺潺

chánchán

adjective #36,426

Meanings

HSK 7-9

山间的溪水潺潺地流着。

Shānjiān de xīshuǐ chánchán de liú zhe.

The mountain stream flows with a soft murmur.

HSK 7-9

潺潺的流水声让人感到宁静。

Chánchán de liúshuǐ shēng ràng rén gǎndào níngjìng.

The babbling sound of the water brings a feeling of calm.

Literary reduplicative onomatopoeia, almost exclusively describing flowing water. Common in classical poetry and nature writing; rare in speech.

潺 chán