p8nda
p8nda BETA
Home Dictionary Translate Flashcards

潺

chán
adjective

Meanings

  1. 1 murmuring; trickling (of flowing water)

Examples

HSK 7-9
山脚下一条清澈的小溪潺潺流过。
Shānjiǎoxià yì tiáo qīngchè de xiǎoxī chánchán liúguò.
A clear stream trickles past the foot of the mountain.
HSK 7-9
夜里能听到泉水潺潺的声音。
Yèlǐ néng tīngdào quánshuǐ chánchán de shēngyīn.
At night you could hear the gurgling of the spring.

Tips

memory
Almost always doubled as 潺潺, an onomatopoeic word for the soft babbling of a brook. The water radical 氵 plus the sound 'chán-chán' should bring a trickling stream to mind.

Components

radical
氵 shuǐ
water (left-side form)
Left-side water radical 氵, the three-drop form of 水. It marks 潺 as a water sound - the murmur of a flowing stream.
phonetic
孱 chán
weak; frail
Right side 孱 supplies the sound chán. Its own meaning, 'weak', plays no role here - it is purely the phonetic in 潺潺.

Stroke Order

潺 chán