wān = w + an1
bay / gulf / to cast anchor / to moor (a boat)
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How to pronounce 灣

MandarinBanana teaches pronunciation with the Marilyn Method: every Pinyin syllable is one initial plus one final, the initial becomes a person, an animal or a deity, and the final becomes a place in your memory palace — with the tone deciding which part of that place the scene happens in. Remember the little story below for each half and the whole syllable comes back with them.

= w initial

Wu is for Willy Walrus.

By Matthias • updated about 2 months ago
+ an1 final

In front of the anthill.

By Matthias • updated 5 months ago

灣 character breakdown

Chinese characters are built out of smaller characters. Each component carries a mnemonic symbol - one concrete object that stands in for it - and a mnemonic story hands those objects to the person and the place that stand for the pronunciation. Learn a component once and every character that reuses it gets easier.

Component Translations
shuǐ = shu + ei3
"water" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 85), occurring in 沒|没[mei2], 法[fa3], 流[liu2] etc / see also 三點水|三点水[san1 dian3 shui3]
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wān = w + an1
to bend / bent / a bend / a turn (in the road etc) / CL:道[dao4]
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wān = w + an1
to bend / bent / a bend; a turn (in a road etc) / CL:道[dao4]
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Characters with 灣 as component

灣 is not used as a component in another character.
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Words with 灣

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variant of 臺灣|台湾[Tai2 wan1]
Nanniwan, township 45 km south of Yan'an 延安[Yan2 an1], Shaanxi / "Nanniwan", a song written in 1943 to celebrate the achievements of communist revolutionaries in Nanniwan, where the 359th brigade of the Eighth Route Army reclaimed barren land as part of a campaign to become self-sufficient in food during a blockade by enemy forces

Sentences with 灣

灣 currently does not appear in any sentence.

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wān

bay / gulf / to cast anchor / to moor (a boat)

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