Chinese Word: 散 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

散Polyphone (多音字)HSK 4

Antonyms: 聚整

Total strokes: 12; Radical: 攵

Ideographic:A hand 攵 tossing seeds from a basket

Character Formation:

⿰ Left to right
- ⿱ Above to below
  - ⺼ meat, flesh; organic compound
- 攵 [ pū ] to rap, to tap; script; to let go

Similar Characters: 敬

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Pinyin: sǎn

English Definition:scattered; loose; to come loose; to fall apart; leisurely; powdered medicine

Chinese Definition:
①没有约束，松开：松散。散漫。懒散。散曲。散记。散板。散文。披散头发。
②分开的，分离的：散居。散乱。散座。散兵游勇。
③零碎的：散碎。散装。散页。
④中医称药末：散剂。丸散膏丹。
⑤集聚。

Example Words:

散文HSK 6	sǎn wén	prose; essay
散装	sǎn zhuāng	loose goods; goods sold open; draft (of beer, as opposed to bottled)
散射	sǎn shè	scattering
闲散	xián sǎn	idle; unused; at leisure
零散	líng sǎn	scattered

Pinyin: sàn

English Definition:to scatter; to break up (a meeting etc); to disperse; to disseminate; to dispel; (coll.) to sack

Chinese Definition:
①分开，由聚集而分离：分散。解散。涣散。散落。散失。散逸。
②分布，分给：散布。散发。天女散花。
③排遣：散心。散闷(mèn)。
④解雇：他干的不好，让那家饭店给散了。
⑤集聚。

Example Words:

分散HSK 6	fēn sàn	to scatter; to disperse; to distribute
扩散HSK 6	kuò sàn	to spread; to proliferate; to diffuse; spread; proliferation; diffusion
散发HSK 6	sàn fā	to distribute; to emit; to issue
散步HSK 4	sàn bù	to take a walk; to go for a walk
解散HSK 6	jiě sàn	to dissolve; to disband

1		fēng 风 chuī sàn 吹散 le 了 shù yè 树叶。 The wind blows the leaves away.
2		wǒ men 我们 chū qù 出去 sàn bù 散步 ba 吧。 Let's go for a walk outside.
3		wǒ men 我们 qù 去 gōng yuán 公园 sàn bù 散步。 We go for a walk in the park.
4		tā men 他们 zài 在 hé pàn 河畔 sàn bù 散步。 They are taking a walk by the river bank.
5		wǒ xǐ huān 我喜欢 sàn bù 散步 zài lù shàng 在路上。 I like to take a walk on the road.

1		fēng 风 chuī sàn 吹散 le 了 shù yè 树叶。 The wind blows the leaves away.
2		wǒ men 我们 chū qù 出去 sàn bù 散步 ba 吧。 Let's go for a walk outside.
3		wǒ men 我们 qù 去 gōng yuán 公园 sàn bù 散步。 We go for a walk in the park.
4		tā men 他们 zài 在 hé pàn 河畔 sàn bù 散步。 They are taking a walk by the river bank.
5		wǒ xǐ huān 我喜欢 sàn bù 散步 zài lù shàng 在路上。 I like to take a walk on the road.