铅 (qiān): lead
铅 (qiān) is a Chinese character meaning “lead.” Classified as HSK Level 3 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 钅 (semantic). It ranks #2519 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 铅 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
- lead
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 铅
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 铅笔盒 | qiān bǐ hé | pencil case |
| 铅球 | qiān qiú | shot put (athletics event) |
| 铅字 | qiān zì | (printing) type |
| 自动铅笔 | zì dòng qiān bǐ | mechanical pencil |
| 铅锤 | qiān chuí | bob of a plumbline |
| 铅管工 | qiān guǎn gōng | plumber |
| 削铅笔机 | xiāo qiān bǐ jī | pencil sharpener (mechanical or electric) |
| 铅条 | qiān tiáo | strip of lead |
| 铅带 | qiān dài | weight belt |
| 方铅矿 | fāng qiān kuàng | galena |
| 铅山县 | yán shān xiàn | Yanshan, a county in Shangrao City 上饒市|上饶市[Shang4 rao2 Shi4], Jiangxi |
| 铅山 | yán shān | see 鉛山縣|铅山县[Yan2 shan1 Xian4] |
| 铅笔刀 | qiān bǐ dāo | pencil sharpener |
| 铅垂线 | qiān chuí xiàn | plumbline |
| 铅酸蓄电池 | qiān suān xù diàn chí | lead-acid accumulator |
铅 appears in 21 compound words: 71 as the first character, 10 as the last, and 19 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 铅 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (1)
Example Sentences
铅笔芯含有石墨，可以用来写字和画画。
Qiānbǐ xīn hányǒu shímò, kěyǐ yòng lái xiězì hé huàhuà.
Pencil leads contain graphite and can be used for writing and drawing.
西南某铅冶炼厂检修恢复 日产铅锭200吨
xī nán mǒu qiān yě liàn hǎn jiǎn xiū huī fù rì chǎn qiān 锭 2 0 0 dūn
渐冻症是什么原因导致?重金属铅、锰中毒的潜在风险
jiān dòng zhèng shì shén má yuán yīn dǎo zhì ? chóng jīn shǔ qiān , 锰 zhōng dú de qián zài fēng xiǎn
亚洲铅酸电池消费市场前景分析:趋势、挑战与战略...
yà zhōu qiān suān diàn chí xiāo fèi shì chǎng qián jǐng fēn xī : qū shì , tiāo zhàn yǔ zhàn lüè . . .
Analysis of the Outlook for the Asian Lead-Acid Battery Consumer Market: Trends, Challenges, and Strategies...
这是一只钢笔还是铅笔？
Zhè shì yī zhī gāngbǐ háishi qiānbǐ?
Is this a pen or a pencil?
用钢笔写，不要用铅笔写。
Yòng gāngbǐ xiě, bù yào yòng qiānbǐ xiě.
Write with a pen, not with a pencil.
你的铅笔差点戳到我的眼睛了。
Nǐ de qiānbǐ chàdiǎn chuō dào wǒ de yǎnjing le.
You nearly poked me in the eye with your pencil.
从地上捡起这支铅笔。
Cóng dìshang jiǎn qǐ zhè zhī qiānbǐ.
Pick up the pencil from the floor.
他把他的铅笔放在他的耳朵后面。
Tā bǎ tā de qiānbǐ fàng zài tā de ěrduo hòumiàn.
He stuck his pencil behind his ear.
有人偷走了我的铅笔。
Yǒurén tōu zǒu le wǒ de qiānbǐ.
Someone has walked off with my pencil.
Character Family
钅 Radical Family — Characters sharing the metal radical
Frequently Asked Questions
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