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noun | chǎn zi | shovel |
| 铲除verb | chǎn chú | to root out |
| 铲车noun | chǎn chē | front loader (vehicle) |
| 铲土机noun | chǎn tǔ jī | bulldozer |
| 锅铲noun | guō chǎn | wok spatula |
| 小铲子 | xiǎo chǎn zi | trowel |
| 铲运机noun | chǎn yùn jī | carry-scraper |
| 铲运车noun | chǎn yùn chē | front loader (vehicle) |
| 铲雪车 | chǎn xuě chē | snowplow |
| 电铲 | diàn chǎn | power shovel |
| 铲平verb | 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noun | 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.
大厨炒得再快，大部分时间也只能握着锅铲在灶台前干等。
dà chú chǎo dé zài kuài , dà bù fēn shí jiān yě zhī néng wò zhe guō chǎn zài zào tái qián gān děng .
No matter how fast a chef stirs-fries, most of the time he can only stand at the stove holding a spatula and wait.
但它也不是没有缺点，最大的问题就是铲猫砂比之前更麻烦。
dàn tā yě bù shì méi yǒu quē diǎn , zuì dà de wèn tí jiù shì chǎn māo shā bǐ zhī qián gēng má fán .
But it’s not without its drawbacks—the biggest problem is that scooping cat litter is more of a hassle than before.
我连忙接过嫂子的铲子，开始体验给羊羔们做饭。
wǒ lián máng jiē guò sǎo zǐ de chǎn zǐ , kāi shǐ tǐ yàn gěi yáng 羔 men zuò fàn .
I quickly took the shovel from my sister-in-law and began trying my hand at cooking for the lambs.
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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?
Character Family
Semantic Family — Characters sharing the 钅 (metal) component
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