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Meaning of 孱

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Polyphone (多音字)
Total strokes: 12; Radical:
Ideographic:Weak in body
Character Formation:
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1
Pinyin: chán
English Definition:weak; feeble; lowly
Chinese Definition:
①软弱,弱小:孱王(软弱无能的君王)。孱弱。孱孱。
②卑微:孱琐(卑贱无能)。孱微(地位低微)。
③窘迫。

Example Words:
孱弱 chán ruò delicate; frail; impotent; weak
More:孱* | *孱 | *孱*
2
Pinyin: càn
English Definition:see 孱头
Chinese Definition:
①,只用于“孱头”(方言,软弱无能的人)。
Example Words:
孱头 càn tou (dialect) weakling; coward
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Example Sentences
1
If he had been small or puny or sickly or misshapen he would've been discarded.
2
Some unseen fingers, like an idle breeze, are playing upon my heart the music of the ripples.
3
Some unseen fingers, like an idle breeze, are playing upon my heart the music of the ripples.
4
The word God is for me nothing more than the expression and product of human weaknesses, the Bible a collection of honourable, but still primitive legends which are nevertheless pretty childish.