涮

To rinse in Chinese: 涮 (shuàn)

shuàn

to rinse

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-91 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1to rinse
  2. 2to trick
  3. 3to fool sb
  4. 4to cook by dipping finely sliced ingredients briefly in boiling water or soup (generally done at the dining table)

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涮

Zhuyin

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ㄕㄨㄢˋ

shuàn

ㄕ/ shㄨ/ uㄢ/ anˋ/ fourth tone

Example sentences

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  • 吃完饭，他把碗筷涮了一下。

    chī wán fàn， tā bǎ wǎn kuài shuàn le yí xià。

    After the meal, he rinsed the bowls and chopsticks.

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Related words

双胞胎

shuāng bāo tāi

twin

双边

shuāng biān

bilateral

双向

shuāng xiàng

bidirectional

双赢

shuāng yíng

profitable to both sides

双重

shuāng chóng

double

霜

shuāng

frost

爽快

shuǎng kuai

refreshed

谁知道

shéi zhī dào

God knows...

水槽

shuǐ cáo

sink

水稻

shuǐ dào

rice

水管

shuǐ guǎn

water pipe

水壶

shuǐ hú

kettle

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HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9 vocabulary list

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