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cān

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Definitions

  1. 1. to take part in
  2. 2. to participate
  3. 3. to join
  4. 4. to attend
  5. 5. to counsel
  6. 6. unequal
  7. 7. varied
  8. 8. irregular
  9. 9. uneven
  10. 10. not uniform

Example Sentences

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Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 10981484)

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Words Containing 参

内参
nèi cān

(literary) palace eunuch

参校
cān jiào

to proofread

实际参数
shí jì cān shù

(computing) actual parameter; argument

高参
gāo cān

senior staff officer; staff officer of great talent

参院
cān yuàn

upper chamber (of legislative assembly)

选民参加率
xuǎn mín cān jiā lǜ

voter participation rate

参半
cān bàn

half

参选率
cān xuǎn lǜ

voter turnout

参孙
cān sūn

Samson (name)

参见
cān jiàn

to refer to

参与
cān yù

to participate (in sth)

参股
cān gǔ

equity participation (finance)

参战
cān zhàn

to go to war

花旗参
huā qí shēn

American ginseng

参议
cān yì

consultant

海参崴
hǎi shēn wǎi

Haishenwai, traditional Chinese name for Vladivostok 符拉迪沃斯托克[fú lā dí wò sī tuō kè]

约翰参书
yuē hàn cān shū

Third epistle of St John

总参谋长
zǒng cān móu zhǎng

(military) Chief of Staff

参卡尔
cān kǎ ěr

Ivan Cankar (1876-1918), Slovenian modernist writer

参详
cān xiáng

to collate and examine critically (texts etc)

参赛者
cān sài zhě

competitor

参赞
cān zàn

to serve as an adviser

参加
cān jiā

to participate

参考
cān kǎo

consultation

参量空间
cān liàng kōng jiān

moduli space (math.)

玄参
xuán shēn

Ningpo figwort (Scrophularia ningpoensis)

参禅
cān chán

to practice Chan Buddhist meditation

参劾
cān hé

to accuse

人参
rén shēn

ginseng

参观
cān guān

to look around

沙参
shā shēn

ladybell root (Radix adenophorae)

参杂
cān zá

to mix

参考系
cān kǎo xì

frame of reference

参数
cān shù

parameter

参军
cān jūn

to join the army

美国参议院
měi guó cān yì yuàn

United States Senate

参访团
cān fǎng tuán

delegation

参薯
shēn shǔ

Dioscorea alata (Kinampay or aromatic purple yam, a sweet root crop)

仅供参考
jǐn gōng cān kǎo

for reference only

参阅
cān yuè

to consult

参照系
cān zhào xì

frame of reference

总参谋部
zǒng cān móu bù

(military) General Staff Headquarters

弧长参数
hú cháng cān shù

parametrization by arc length (of a space curve)

参政权
cān zhèng quán

suffrage

参透
cān tòu

to fully grasp

正则参数
zhèng zé cān shù

regular parametrization

谢绝参观
xiè jué cān guān

closed to visitors

仅作参考
jǐn zuò cān kǎo

for reference only

参加者
cān jiā zhě

participant

丹参
dān shēn

(botany) red sage (Salvia miltiorrhiza)

党参
dǎng shēn

poor man's ginseng (Codonopsis pilosula)

曾参
zēng shēn

Zeng Shen (505-435 BC), a.k.a. 曾子[zēng zǐ], student of Confucius, presumed editor or author of Confucian classic the Great Learning 大學|大学[dà xué]

曹参
cáo cān

Cao Can (-190 BC), second chancellor of Han Dynasty, contributed to its founding by fighting on Liu Bang's 劉邦|刘邦[liú bāng] side during the Chu-Han Contention 楚漢戰爭|楚汉战争[chǔ hàn zhàn zhēng]

参政
cān zhèng

to be involved in politics

参照
cān zhào

to consult a reference

参考文献
cān kǎo wén xiàn

cited material

参考椭球体
cān kǎo tuǒ qiú tǐ

reference ellipsoid (geodesy)

参考材料
cān kǎo cái liào

reference material

参展
cān zhǎn

to exhibit at or take part in a trade show etc

参拜
cān bài

to formally call on

参天
cān tiān

reach high to the sky

参差错落
cēn cī cuò luò

uneven and jumbled (idiom); irregular and disorderly

参鸡汤
shēn jī tāng

samgyetang, popular Korean chicken soup with ginseng, spices etc

参谋长
cān móu zhǎng

chief of staff

参选人
cān xuǎn rén

election participant

参谒
cān yè

to visit

参考消息
cān kǎo xiāo xī

Reference News (PRC limited-distribution daily newspaper)

参悟
cān wù

to comprehend (the nature of things etc)

参议院
cān yì yuàn

senate

喜忧参半
xǐ yōu cān bàn

to have mixed feelings (about sth)

参选
cān xuǎn

to be a candidate in an election or other selection process

西洋参
xī yáng shēn

American ginseng (Panax quinquefolius)

增量参数
zēng liàng cān shù

incremental parameter

参两院
cān liǎng yuàn

both houses of US Congress

参谋
cān móu

staff officer

参量
cān liàng

parameter (math)

参差不齐
cēn cī bù qí

(idiom) variable

参议员
cān yì yuán

senator

参谋总长
cān móu zǒng zhǎng

army Chief of Staff

参宿
shēn xiù

Three Stars (Chinese constellation)

参考书
cān kǎo shū

reference book

参宿七
shēn xiù qī

Rigel (star)

参与者
cān yù zhě

participant

参看
cān kàn

see also

参赛
cān sài

to compete

参考资料
cān kǎo zī liào

reference material

女子参政权
nǚ zǐ cān zhèng quán

women's suffrage

参酌
cān zhuó

to consider (a matter)

毒参
dú shēn

hemlock (Conium maculatum)

参差
cēn cī

uneven; jagged; snaggletooth; ragged; serrated

海参
hǎi shēn

sea cucumber

高丽参
gāo lí shēn

Koryo ginseng