暂 meaning in English

zàn

temporary; Taiwan pr. [zhan4]

HSK 7-9adverbTraditional 暫|蹔12 strokes

Meaning of 暂

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

zàn
  1. temporary
  2. Taiwan pr. [zhan4]
zàn
  1. to scurry
  2. variant of 暫|暂[zan4]

暂 in example sentences

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

阿ā德dé里lǐ亚yà诺nuò短duǎn暂zàn登dēng场cháng。
Adriano briefly appeared.
我wǒ知zhī道dào生shēng命mìng是shì短duǎn暂zàn的de。
I know life is short.
汤tāng姆mǔ暂zàn时shí无wú法fǎ开kāi车chē。
Tom won't be able to drive for a while.
人rén们men常cháng说shuō生shēng命mìng短duǎn暂zàn。
They often say that life is short.
暂zàn时shí不bù需xū要yào,谢xiè谢xiè。
Not needed at the moment, thank you.

Stroke order for each character

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暂 zàn · temporary · 12 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 暂.

暂时zànshítemporary; provisional; for the time being
暂停zàntíngto suspend; time-out (e.g. in sports)
短暂duǎnzànof short duration; brief; momentary
暂且zànqiěfor now; for the time being; temporarily
暂缓zànhuǎnto postpone

Questions about 暂

What does 暂 mean?

暂 (zàn) means "temporary; Taiwan pr. [zhan4]" and is used as a adverb.

How do you write 暂?

暂 is made of 1 character: 暂 (12 strokes). That is 12 strokes in total.

Is 暂 an HSK word?

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

How is 暂 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 暂 is written 暫|蹔.