Chinese Word: 攒 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

攒 (Trad.: 攢)Polyphone (多音字)HSK 6

Antonyms: 花

Total strokes: 19; Radical: 手

Pictophonetic:赞 indicates the sound; 扌 (hand) conveys the meaning.

Character Formation:

⿰ Left to right
- 扌 [ shǒu ] hand
- 赞 [ zàn ] to help, to support; to laud, to praise

Similar Characters: 瓒

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Pinyin: cuán

English Definition:to bring together

Chinese Definition:
①聚，凑集，拼凑：攒凑。攒集。攒钱。攒眉。攒射(集中射击)。攒三聚五(三三五五，聚在一起)。

Example Words:

攒聚	cuán jù	to gather; to assemble
万箭攒心	wàn jiàn cuán xīn	One's heart ached as if pierced by ten thousand arrows. (idiom)
攒三聚五	cuán sān jù wǔ	to gather in little knots (of people) (idiom)
攒眉蹙额	cuán méi cù é	to knit the brows (idiom)
攒头接耳	cuán tóu jiē ěr	to bring the heads together; to whisper (idiom)

Pinyin: zǎn

English Definition:to collect; to hoard; to accumulate; to save

Chinese Definition:
①积聚，积蓄：攒钱。积攒。

Example Words:

积攒	jī zǎn	to save bit by bit; to accumulate
众毛攒毬	zhòng máo zǎn qiú	many little drops make an ocean (idiom)
众毛攒球	zhòng máo zǎn qiú	many little drops make an ocean (idiom)

1		zhè ge 这个 hái zi 孩子 dǎ suàn 打算 zǎn qián 攒钱 mǎi 买 yí kuài 一块 shǒu biǎo 手表。 The child plans to save money to buy a watch.
2		tā 她 yǐ jīng 已经 jī zǎn 积攒 le 了 zú gòu 足够 de 的 qián 钱 shàng 上 dà xué 大学。 She had scraped together enough money for college.
3		wǒ 我 de 的 dà gē 大哥 shì 是 yī gè 一个 wén xué 文学 ài hào zhě 爱好者， tā 他 de 的 shū jià 书架 shàng 上 jī zǎn 积攒 zhe 着 gè zhǒng 各种 míng zhù 名著 hé 和 shī jí 诗集。 My big brother is a literature enthusiast, and his bookshelf is full of classical works and poetry collections.