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Simplified Pīnyīn		English Definition	Traditional HSK
馋 chán	馋 \| 馋* \| *馋	gluttonous / greedy / to have a craving	饞 HSK 7-9


产 chǎn	产 \| 产* \| *产	to give birth / to reproduce / to produce / product / resource / estate / property	產 HSK 7-9


连战 Lián Zhàn	连战 \| 连战* \| *连战	Lien Chan (1936-), Taiwanese politician, former vice-president and chairman of Guomintang	連戰


铲 chǎn	铲 \| 铲* \| *铲	to scrape the ground with a spade (to make it level or to remove weeds); to shovel	剷 HSK 7-9


掺 chān	掺 \| 掺* \| *掺	to mix; to blend; to dilute; to adulterate	摻 HSK 7-9


缠 chán	缠 \| 缠* \| *缠	to wind around / to wrap round / to coil / tangle / to involve / to bother / to annoy	纏 HSK 7-9


参禅 cānchán	参禅 \| 参禅* \| *参禅	to practice Chan Buddhist meditation / to practice Zen meditation / to sit in meditation	參禪


陈奕迅 Chén Yìxùn	陈奕迅 \| 陈奕迅* \| *陈奕迅	Eason Chan (1974-), Hong Kong pop singer and actor	陳奕迅


蜡笔小新 Làbǐ Xiǎoxīn	蜡笔小新 \| 蜡笔小新* \| *蜡笔小新	Crayon Shin-chan (クレヨンしんちゃん), Japanese manga and anime series popular in China	蠟筆小新


唐武宗 Táng Wǔzōng	唐武宗 \| 唐武宗* \| *唐武宗	Emperor Wuzong of Tang (814-846), reign name of sixteenth Tang emperor Li Chan 李瀍, reigned 840-846


闭关 bìguān	闭关 \| 闭关* \| *闭关	to close the passes / to seal off the country / seclusion (monastic practice, e.g. of Chan Buddhists)	閉關


幨 chān	幨 \| 幨* \| *幨	curtain in carriage / screen


婵 chán	婵 \| 婵* \| *婵	used in 嬋娟｜婵娟 and 嬋媛｜婵媛	嬋


单 chán	单 \| 单* \| *单	used in 單于｜单于	單


劖 chán	劖 \| 劖* \| *劖	bore / cut / polish


𬊤 chǎn	𬊤 \| 𬊤* \| *𬊤	to make a fire	燀


泳儿 Yǒng Ér	泳儿 \| 泳儿* \| *泳儿	Vincy Chan, Hong Kong female singer	泳兒


欃 chán	欃 \| 欃* \| *欃	sandalwood (Santalum album), a Nepalese tree producing valuable fragrant oil / comet


瀍河 Chán Hé	瀍河 \| 瀍河* \| *瀍河	Chan River in Henan province 河南


子产 Zǐ Chǎn	子产 \| 子产* \| *子产	Zi Chan (?-522 BC), statesman and philosopher during the Spring and Autumn period	子產


蝉 chán	蝉 \| 蝉* \| *蝉	cicada	蟬


禅 chán	禅 \| 禅* \| *禅	dhyana (Sanskrit) / Zen / meditation (Buddhism)	禪


觇 chān	觇 \| 觇* \| *觇	to observe / to spy on / Taiwan pr. [zhan1]	覘


李瀍 Lǐ Chán	李瀍 \| 李瀍* \| *李瀍	Li Chan, personal name of sixteenth Tang Emperor Wuzong 武宗 (814-846), reigned 840-846


谄 chǎn	谄 \| 谄* \| *谄	to flatter / to cajole	諂


谗 chán	谗 \| 谗* \| *谗	to slander / to defame / to misrepresent / to speak maliciously	讒


陈木胜 Chén Mùshèng	陈木胜 \| 陈木胜* \| *陈木胜	Benny Chan (Hong Kong film director)	陳木勝


梴 chān	梴 \| 梴* \| *梴	length (of a tree or beam) / long


嚵 chàn	嚵 \| 嚵* \| *嚵	(literary) animal's mouth or beak


慧能 Huìnéng	慧能 \| 慧能* \| *慧能	Huineng (638-713), the Sixth Patriarch of Chan Buddhism


艬 chán	艬 \| 艬* \| *艬	large ship


浐河 Chǎn Hé	浐河 \| 浐河* \| *浐河	Chan River (in Shaanxi province)	滻河


巉 chán	巉 \| 巉* \| *巉	(literary) steep; rugged; jagged; precipitous


磛 chán	磛 \| 磛* \| *磛	cliff / peak


禅门五宗 Chánménwǔzōng	禅门五宗 \| 禅门五宗* \| *禅门五宗	the five schools of Chan Buddhism	禪門五宗


浐 chǎn	浐 \| 浐* \| *浐	name of a river in Shaanxi province / see 滻河｜浐河	滻


产 chǎn	产 \| 产* \| *产	variant of 產｜产	産 HSK 7-9


躔 chán	躔 \| 躔* \| *躔	(literary) animal tracks / the course of a celestial body / (of a celestial body) to follow its course


骣 chǎn	骣 \| 骣* \| *骣	(literary) to ride a horse without a saddle	驏


蒇 chǎn	蒇 \| 蒇* \| *蒇	to complete / to prepare	蕆


毚 chán	毚 \| 毚* \| *毚	cunning / artful


襜 chān	襜 \| 襜* \| *襜	the front of clothes


忏 chàn	忏 \| 忏* \| *忏	(bound form) to feel remorse / (bound form) scripture read to atone for sb's sins (from Sanskrit "ksama")	懺


成龙 Chéng Lóng	成龙 \| 成龙* \| *成龙	Jackie Chan (1954-), kungfu film and Cantopop star	成龍


冁 chǎn	冁 \| 冁* \| *冁	smilingly	囅


潺 chán	潺 \| 潺* \| *潺	flow / trickle (of water)


僝 chán	僝 \| 僝* \| *僝	to revile; to abuse


澶 chán	澶 \| 澶* \| *澶	still (as of water) / still water


颤 chàn	颤 \| 颤* \| *颤	to tremble / to shiver / to shake / to vibrate / Taiwan pr. [zhan4]	顫


瀍 Chán	瀍 \| 瀍* \| *瀍	Chanshui river in Henan


廛 chán	廛 \| 廛* \| *廛	market place


阐 chǎn	阐 \| 阐* \| *阐	to express / to disclose / to enlighten / to open	闡


儳 chàn	儳 \| 儳* \| *儳	irregular / mixed


𡶴 chǎn	𡶴 \| 𡶴* \| *𡶴	winding mountain path	嵼


旵 chǎn	旵 \| 旵* \| *旵	(literary) (of sunlight) to beam down / to illuminate / (used in place names and given names)


孱 chán	孱 \| 孱* \| *孱	(bound form) weak; feeble


瀺 chán	瀺 \| 瀺* \| *瀺	sound of water


镵 chán	镵 \| 镵* \| *镵	sharp instrument for digging	鑱


儃 chán	儃 \| 儃* \| *儃	indecisive / irresolute


铲 chǎn	铲 \| 铲* \| *铲	variant of 剷｜铲 / (bound form) spade; shovel	鏟 HSK 7-9


羼 chàn	羼 \| 羼* \| *羼	to mix / to blend / to dilute / to adulterate


辿 chān	辿 \| 辿* \| *辿	used in names, e.g. 龍王辿｜龙王辿 Longwang Chan, a place in Shaanxi Province / (literary) (of one's walking pace) slow


韂 chàn	韂 \| 韂* \| *韂	(bound form) saddle blanket


崭 chán	崭 \| 崭* \| *崭	variant of 嶄｜崭	嶃


崭 chán	崭 \| 崭* \| *崭	variant of 巉	嶄


蟾 chán	蟾 \| 蟾* \| *蟾	toad ("chán" represents the sound of its croaking) / (mythology) the three-legged toad said to exist in the moon / (metonym) the moon


搀 chān	搀 \| 搀* \| *搀	to take by the arm and assist / variant of 摻｜掺	攙 HSK 7-9


啴 chǎn	啴 \| 啴* \| *啴	used in 嘽嘽｜啴啴 and 嘽緩｜啴缓	嘽


丳 chǎn	丳 \| 丳* \| *丳	skewer


嚵 chán	嚵 \| 嚵* \| *嚵	(variant of 饞｜馋) gluttonous / greedy


陈方安生 Chén Fāng Ānshēng	陈方安生 \| 陈方安生* \| *陈方安生	Anson Chan (1940-), chief secretary for administration, Hong Kong (1997-2001)	陳方安生


刬 chǎn	刬 \| 刬* \| *刬	variant of 鏟｜铲	剗


纒 chán	纒 \| 纒* \| *纒	old variant of 纏｜缠


閳 chǎn	閳 \| 閳* \| *閳	old variant of 闡｜阐


讇 chǎn	讇 \| 讇* \| *讇	to talk in one's sleep / old variant of 諂｜谄

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