铲 meaning in English
to scrape the ground with a spade (to make it level or to remove weeds); to shovel
Meaning of 铲
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
chǎn
- to scrape the ground with a spade (to make it level or to remove weeds); to shovel
chǎn
- variant of 剷|铲[chan3]
- (bound form) spade; shovel
铲 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
锅铲被你怎么了？
What did you do with the spatula?
汤姆握紧了铲子。
Tom clenched the shovel.
把锅铲递给我。
Pass me the spatula.
汤姆找不到锅铲了，只好用夹子为煎饼翻面。
Unable to find a spatula, Tom used tongs to flip the pancakes.
汤姆从抽屉里拿出一把锅铲。
Tom took a spatula out of the drawer.
Stroke order for each character
Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.
铲 chǎn · to scrape the ground with a spade · 11 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 铲.
| 铲子 | chǎnzi | shovel; spade; trowel; spatula (kitchen utensil) |
| 铲除 | chǎnchú | to root out; to eradicate; to sweep away; to abolish |
Questions about 铲
What does 铲 mean?
铲 (chǎn) means "to scrape the ground with a spade (to make it level or to remove weeds); to shovel" and is used as a verb.
How do you write 铲?
铲 is made of 1 character: 铲 (11 strokes). That is 11 strokes in total.
Is 铲 an HSK word?
Yes. 铲 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.
How is 铲 written in traditional Chinese?
In traditional characters, 铲 is written 剷|鏟.