浅 qiǎn▶ shallow

HSK 5HSK 3.0 · Level 4

Traditional

淺

HSK 5 — advanced proficiency: 1,300 new words, 2,500 in all. You can read newspapers, enjoy films and give speeches in Chinese. In HSK 3.0, 浅 is in band 4. HSK 5 explained

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中浅。

It means shallow. Picture a child at the edge of a pond, testing the water with one foot. A parent says this word to tell them it's safe to wade in. Want to say it out loud?

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Stroke order

浅 is written in 8 strokes.

• 浅

Senses

1. shallow
2. light (color)

Related words

• 签Sign
• 枪gun

浅 is pronounced qiǎn and means “shallow”.