zhān = zh + an1
surname Zhan
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zhān = zh + an1
excellent / verbose
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How to pronounce 詹

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.

= zh initial

Zh is for James II of England (詹姆斯二世, zhān​mǔ​sī èr​shì).

By Matthias • updated 3 months ago
+ an1 final

In front of the anthill.

By Matthias • updated 5 months ago

詹 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
Character component without intrinsic meaning
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hǎn = h + an3
"cliff" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 27), occurring in 原, 历, 压 etc
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factory / yard / depot / workhouse / works / (industrial) plant
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rén = r + (e)n2
variant of 人[ren2] / "person" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 10), occurring in 兒, 兀, 兄 etc
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ér = Ø + Ø2
child / son
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non-syllabic diminutive suffix / retroflex final
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yán = y + an2
words / speech / to say / to talk
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Characters with 詹 as component

dān = d + an1
to undertake / to carry / to shoulder / to take responsibility
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zhān = zh + an1
to gaze / to view
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shàn = sh + an4
to support / to provide for
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Words with 詹

James (name) / LeBron James (1984-), NBA player
James Joyce (1882-1941), Irish modernist writer, author of Ulysses and Finnegans Wake

Sentences with 詹

詹 currently does not appear in any sentence.

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