垫 meaning in English

diàn

pad; cushion

HSK 7-9verbTraditional 墊9 strokes

Meaning of 垫

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

diàn
  1. pad
  2. cushion
  3. mat
  4. to pad out
  5. to fill a gap
  6. to pay for sb
  7. to advance (money)

垫 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

这zhè个ge床chuáng垫diàn很hěn硬yìng。
This is a very hard mattress.
有yǒu垫diàn布bù与yǔ拉lā链liàn的de帐zhàng篷péng可kě以yǐ做zuò到dào防fáng虫chóng密mì闭bì。
A tent with a floor and a zipper is bug tight.
汤tāng姆mǔ把bǎ钱qián藏cáng在zài床chuáng垫diàn底dǐ下xià。
Tom hid his money under his mattress.
红hóng木mù书shū桌zhuō上shàng有yǒu一yí个gè金jīn属shǔ杯bēi子zi和hé一yí个gè蓝lán色sè杯bēi垫diàn。
On the mahogany desk, there is a metal cup and a blue coaster.
我wǒ在zài擦cā鞋xié垫diàn下xià面miàn发fā现xiàn了le这zhè把bǎ钥yào匙shi。
I found the key underneath the mat.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

垫 diàn · pad · 9 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 垫.

垫子diànzicushion; mat; pad
垫底diàndǐto put sth on the bottom; to eat sth to tide oneself over until mealtime
床垫chuángdiànmattress
坐垫zuòdiàncushion; (motorbike) seat

Questions about 垫

What does 垫 mean?

垫 (diàn) means "pad; cushion" and is used as a verb.

How do you write 垫?

垫 is made of 1 character: 垫 (9 strokes). That is 9 strokes in total.

Is 垫 an HSK word?

Yes. 垫 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

How is 垫 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 垫 is written 墊.