Chinese Word: 嵌 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

嵌Polyphone (多音字)HSK 6

Total strokes: 12; Radical: 山

Pictophonetic:欠 indicates the sound; 山 (mountain) conveys the meaning.

Character Formation:

⿱ Above to below
- 山 [ shān ] mountain, hill, peak
- ⿰ Left to right
  - 甘 [ gān ] sweet, tasty; willing
  - 欠 [ qiàn ] to lack, to owe; to breathe, to yawn

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Pinyin: kǎn

English Definition:see 赤嵌楼

Example Words:

Chihkan Tower (formerly Fort Provintia) in Tainan, Taiwan (also written 赤崁楼 )

Pinyin: qiàn

English Definition:to inlay; to embed; Taiwan pr. [qian1]

Chinese Definition:
①把东西填镶在空隙里：嵌入。镶嵌。

Example Words:

镶嵌HSK 6	xiāng qiàn	to inlay; to embed; to set (e.g. a jewel in a ring); tiling; tesselation
嵌入	qiàn rù	to insert; to embed
嵌套	qiàn tào	nested; nesting
镶嵌细工	xiāng qiàn xì gōng	inlaid work; marquetry; mosaic
印入心嵌	yìn rù xīn qiàn	to be stamped on one's memory (idiom)

1		zhè ge 这个 jiè zhi 戒指 shàng 上 xiāng qiàn 镶嵌 zhe 着 yī kē 一颗 dà 大 zuàn shí 钻石。 The ring is set with a large diamond.
2		shǒu xiān 首先， èr yuán lùn 二元论 xiāng qiàn 镶嵌 yú 于 wǒ men 我们 de 的 yǔ yán 语言 zhī zhōng 之中 One thing is our dualism is enmeshed in our language.
3		wǒ men 我们 de 的 kè tīng 客厅 lǐ 里 yǒu yī gè 有一个 jù dà 巨大 de 的 kǎn rù shì 嵌入式 guì zi 柜子。 There is a giant built-in cabinet in our living room.
4		zhè 这 tiáo 条 xiàng liàn 项链 shàng miàn 上面 qiàn 嵌 yǒu 有 yī kē 一颗 jīn sè 金色 de 的 zuàn shí 钻石。 This necklace has a gold-colored diamond in it.

1		zhè ge 这个 jiè zhi 戒指 shàng 上 xiāng qiàn 镶嵌 zhe 着 yī kē 一颗 dà 大 zuàn shí 钻石。 The ring is set with a large diamond.
2		shǒu xiān 首先， èr yuán lùn 二元论 xiāng qiàn 镶嵌 yú 于 wǒ men 我们 de 的 yǔ yán 语言 zhī zhōng 之中 One thing is our dualism is enmeshed in our language.
3		wǒ men 我们 de 的 kè tīng 客厅 lǐ 里 yǒu yī gè 有一个 jù dà 巨大 de 的 kǎn rù shì 嵌入式 guì zi 柜子。 There is a giant built-in cabinet in our living room.
4		zhè 这 tiáo 条 xiàng liàn 项链 shàng miàn 上面 qiàn 嵌 yǒu 有 yī kē 一颗 jīn sè 金色 de 的 zuàn shí 钻石。 This necklace has a gold-colored diamond in it.