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shàn
HSK 3.0 Level 5

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Definitions

  1. 1. fan
  2. 2. sliding, hinged or detachable flat part of sth
  3. 3. classifier for doors, windows etc

Example Sentences

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門打不開。
Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 345671)

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Words Containing 扇

电风扇
diàn fēng shàn

electric fan

芭蕉扇
bā jiāo shàn

palm-leaf fan

扇风耳朵
shān fēng ěr duo

protruding ears

巨海扇蛤
jù hǎi shàn gé

great scallop (Pecten maxiumus)

电扇
diàn shàn

electric fan

扇动
shān dòng

to fan

棕扇尾莺
zōng shàn wěi yīng

(bird species of China) zitting cisticola (Cisticola juncidis)

风扇
fēng shàn

electric fan

扇区
shàn qū

disk sector (computing)

扇子
shàn zi

fan

六扇门
liù shàn mén

seat of the government

扇风
shān fēng

to fan oneself

扇形
shàn xíng

circular sector

扇子
shān zi

fan

桃花扇
táo huā shàn

The Peach Blossom Fan, historical play about the last days of the Ming dynasty by Kong Shangren 孔尚任[kǒng shàng rèn]

排气扇
pái qì shàn

exhaust fan

蒲扇
pú shàn

palm-leaf fan

扑扇
pū shan

to flutter

吊扇
diào shàn

a ceiling fan

黄腹扇尾鹟
huáng fù shàn wěi wēng

(bird species of China) yellow-bellied fantail (Chelidorhynx hypoxantha)

合扇
hé shàn

(dialect) hinge

白眉扇尾鹟
bái méi shàn wěi wēng

(bird species of China) white-browed fantail (Rhipidura aureola)

白喉扇尾鹟
bái hóu shàn wěi wēng
扇尾沙锥
shān wěi shā zhuī

(bird species of China) common snipe (Gallinago gallinago)

扇贝
shàn bèi

scallop (genus Pecten)

走扇
zǒu shàn

not closing properly (of door, window etc)

引导扇区
yǐn dǎo shàn qū

boot sector

扇面琴
shān miàn qín

same as yangqin 揚琴|扬琴, dulcimer

隔扇
gé shan

partition

窗扇
chuāng shàn

window

台扇
tái shàn

table fan

涡扇
wō shàn

turbofan

团扇
tuán shàn

circular fan

门扇
mén shàn

door

栉孔扇贝
zhì kǒng shàn bèi

Farrer's scallop (Chlamys farreri), aka Chinese scallop