潺潺

chánchán

adjective #36,426

Meanings

1 murmuring (of flowing water)
2 babbling
3 purling

Characters

sound of flowing water

sound of flowing water

Examples

山间的溪水潺潺地流着。

Shān jiān de xīshuǐ chánchán de liú zhe.

The mountain stream flows with a soft murmur.

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.

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

Stroke Order

潺 chán