垫 (diàn): pad, cushion, mat
垫 (diàn) is a Chinese character meaning “pad.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 执 (phonetic) and 土 (semantic). It ranks #2487 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 垫 earth. Its radical form 土 (earth) appears in many related characters such as 在 (zài, to exist), 地 (dì, earth, ground), 场 (chǎng, field, place).
Definitions
- pad
- cushion
- mat
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 垫底 | diàn dǐ | to put sth on the bottom |
| 垫子 | diàn zi | cushion |
| 床垫 | chuáng diàn | mattress |
| 坐垫 | zuò diàn | cushion |
| 衬垫 | chèn diàn | pad |
| 靠垫 | kào diàn | back cushion |
| 气垫 | qì diàn | air cushion (as on hovercraft) |
| 鞋垫 | xié diàn | insole |
| 垫脚石 | diàn jiǎo shí | stepping stone |
| 座垫 | zuò diàn | saddle (of a bicycle) |
| 垫圈 | diàn juàn | to spread litter in a cowshed, pigsty etc |
| 垫肩 | diàn jiān | shoulder pad |
| 气垫船 | qì diàn chuán | hovercraft |
| 铺垫 | pū diàn | to spread out bedding |
| 垫脚 | diàn jiao | litter (animal bedding) |
垫 appears in 50 compound words: 46 as the first character, 48 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 垫 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Example Sentences
春天到了，农民开始翻垫播种。
chūn tiān dào le , nóng mín kāi shǐ fān diàn bō zhǒng .
Spring has arrived, and farmers have begun turning over the soil and sowing seeds.
重庆垫江:三甲医院下乡来
chóng qìng diàn jiāng : sān jiǎ yī yuàn xià xiāng lái
Dianjiang, Chongqing: A Top-Tier Hospital Brings Medical Services to Rural Areas
老人小孩,腰不好的人床垫怎么选?看这条视频就完全够了,17分钟全...
lǎo rén xiǎo hái , yāo bù hǎo de rén chuáng diàn zěn má xuǎn ? kàn zhè tiáo shì pín jiù wán quán gòu le , 1 7 fēn zhōng quán . . .
How should seniors, children, and people with back problems choose a mattress? Just watch this video—it’s all you need. It’s 17 minutes long...
蓝盒子Z1床垫软硬之争:是“黄金睡感”还是“支撑不足”...
lán hé zǐ Z 1 chuáng diàn ruǎn yìng zhī zhēng : shì huáng jīn shuì gǎn hái shì zhī chēng bù zú . . .
The Debate Over the Firmness of the Blue Box Z1 Mattress: Is It the "Perfect Sleep Experience" or "Lacks Support"...
PLG》震撼!吴永仁为战绩逼近垫底请辞勇士教练 许晋哲回归
P L G zhèn hàn ! wú yǒng rén wéi zhàn jì bī jìn diàn de qǐng cí yǒng shì jiào liàn xǔ jìn zhé huí guī
PLG: Shocking! Wu Yongren Resigns as Warriors Coach Amid Struggles Near the Bottom of the Standings; Hsu Chin-che Returns
夜王|郑秀文被要求胸部垫Pad演V姐 Sammi..每边doub...
yè wáng zhèng xiù wén bèi yāo qiú xiōng bù diàn P a d yǎn V jiě S a m m i . . měi biān d o u b . . .
Night King|Sammi Cheng was asked to play Sister V with a pad on her chest. Every side doub...
汤姆把钱藏在床垫底下。
Tāngmǔ bǎ qián cáng zài chuángdiàn dǐxia.
Tom hid his money under his mattress.
进家门后，我被垫子绊倒了。
Jìn jiāmén hòu, wǒ bèi diànzi bàndǎo le.
Entering the house, I tripped over the mat.
我在擦鞋垫下面发现了这把钥匙。
Wǒ zài cāxiédiàn xiàmiàn fāxiàn le zhè bǎ yàoshi.
I found the key underneath the mat.
我的气垫船满是鳝鱼。
Wǒ de qìdiànchuán mǎn shì shànyú.
My hovercraft is full of eels.
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