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趁 meaning in English

chèn

to avail oneself of; to take advantage of

HSK 7-9preposition12 strokes

Meaning of 趁

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

chèn
  1. to avail oneself of
  2. to take advantage of
chèn
  1. old variant of 趁[chen4]

趁 in example sentences

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

让ràng我wǒ们men趁chèn热rè吃chī吧ba。
Let's eat while the food is warm.
趁chèn热rè喝hē你nǐ的de汤tāng。
Eat your soup while it is hot.
趁chèn热rè打dǎ铁tiě。
Strike while the iron is hot.
年nián轻qīng人rén，要yào趁chèn着zhe年nián轻qīng过guò得de愉yú快kuài！
Young man, enjoy yourself while you are young!
因yīn为wèi今jīn天tiān明míng天tiān我wǒ休xiū息xī，所suǒ以yǐ趁chèn机jī会huì快kuài点diǎn搬bān好hǎo它tā。
I don't have to go to work today and tomorrow, so I will use the opportunity to quickly finish moving it.

Stroke order for each character

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趁 chèn · to avail oneself of · 12 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 趁.

趁着chènzhe
趁机chènjīto seize an opportunity
趁早chènzǎoas soon as possible; at the first opportunity
趁热chènrèwhile it's still hot

Questions about 趁

What does 趁 mean?

趁 (chèn) means "to avail oneself of; to take advantage of" and is used as a preposition.

How do you write 趁?

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

Is 趁 an HSK word?

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

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