quán
verb #35,563

Meanings

  1. 1 to explain
  2. 2 to annotate
  3. 3 to interpret in detail

Examples

Zhè běn shū quánshì le gǔdiǎn zhéxué.
This book interprets classical philosophy.
Tā yòng yī shēng quánshì le shénme shì zérèn.
He spent his whole life embodying what responsibility means.

Tips

usage
rarely stands alone in modern Chinese — it almost always appears as part of 诠释 (quánshì, "to interpret / to embody") or ("to annotate"). 诠释 is especially fashionable in arts criticism: "actor X 完美诠释 the role of Y" = "actor X perfectly embodied the role of Y."

Stroke Order

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