铲 (chǎn): to scrape the ground with a spade (to make it level or to remove weeds), to shovel, (bound form) spade, shovel
铲 (chǎn) is a Chinese character meaning “to scrape the ground with a spade (to make it level or to remove weeds).” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 钅 (semantic) and 产 (phonetic). It ranks #2775 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 铲 metal. Its radical form 钅 (metal) appears in many related characters such as 钱 (qián, money), 错 (cuò, wrong, mistake), 钟 (zhōng, clock, bell).
Definitions
- to scrape the ground with a spade (to make it level or to remove weeds)
- to shovel
- (bound form) spade
- shovel
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 铲子 | chǎn zi | shovel |
| 铲除 | chǎn chú | to root out |
| 铲车 | chǎn chē | front loader (vehicle) |
| 铲土机 | chǎn tǔ jī | bulldozer |
| 锅铲 | guō chǎn | wok spatula |
| 小铲子 | xiǎo chǎn zi | trowel |
| 铲运机 | chǎn yùn jī | carry-scraper |
| 铲运车 | chǎn yùn chē | front loader (vehicle) |
| 铲雪车 | chǎn xuě chē | snowplow |
| 电铲 | diàn chǎn | power shovel |
| 铲平 | chǎn píng | to level the ground (with a hoe, shovel etc) |
| 反铲 | fǎn chǎn | backhoe |
| 铲球 | chǎn qiú | (soccer) to do a sliding tackle |
| 铲屎官 | chǎn shǐ guān | (neologism) (coll.) pet owner (lit. "official in charge of cleaning up poop") |
| 泥铲 | ní chǎn | trowel |
铲 appears in 17 compound words: 65 as the first character, 29 as the last, and 6 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 铲 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Example Sentences
古时候，铲币是主要的流通货币。
gǔ shí hòu , chǎn bì shì zhǔ yāo de liú tōng huò bì .
In ancient times, coins were the primary form of currency in circulation.
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赤柱Tesla自炒撼栏 车头铲上行人路幸无伤
chì zhù T e s l a zì chǎo hàn lán chē tóu chǎn shàng háng rén lù xìng wú shāng
Stanley Tesla shook the railing with the front of the car shoveling on the sidewalk, but fortunately, there were no injuries
汤姆从抽屉里拿出一把锅铲。
Tāngmǔ cóng chōuti lǐ náchū yī bǎ guōchǎn.
Tom took a spatula out of the drawer.
汤姆找不到锅铲了，只好用夹子为煎饼翻面。
Tāngmǔ zhǎobudào guōchǎn le, zhǐhǎo yòng jiāzi wèi jiānbǐng fān miàn.
Unable to find a spatula, Tom used tongs to flip the pancakes.
你把锅铲怎么处理了？
Nǐ bǎ guōchǎn zěnme chǔlǐ le?
What did you do with the spatula?
铲子是用来刮削还是翻菜的？
Chǎnzi shì yònglái guā xiāo háishi fān cài de?
Are spatulas for scraping or turning?
汤姆正要为我们铲掉屋顶上的雪。
Tāngmǔ zhèngyào wèi wǒmen chǎn diào wūdǐng shàng de xuě.
Tom is going to shovel the snow off the roof for us.
他用铲子刮掉黏在地上的广告单。
Tāyòng chǎnzi guādiào nián zài dìshàng de guǎnggào dān.
He uses a spatula to scrape off advertisements that were stuck on the ground.
这些锅铲、烤盅、盘子和马克杯都来自这套集合。
Zhèxiē guōchǎn, kǎo zhōng, pánzi hé mǎkèbēi dōu láizì zhè tào jíhé.
The spatulas, ramekins, plates, and mugs are all from the collection.
Character Family
钅 Radical Family — Characters sharing the metal radical
Frequently Asked Questions
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