伞 (sǎn): umbrella, parasol, CL:把
伞 (sǎn) is a Chinese character meaning “umbrella.” Classified as HSK Level 3 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 人 (structural). It ranks #2152 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically pictographic, 伞 an umbrella. Its radical form 亻 (person) appears in many related characters such as 人 (rén, person), 什 (shén, what), 今 (jīn, now).
Definitions
- umbrella
- parasol
- CL:把
Etymology & Origin
pictographicAn umbrella
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 降落伞 | jiàng luò sǎn | parachute |
| 跳伞 | tiào sǎn | to parachute |
| 雨伞 | yǔ sǎn | umbrella |
| 伞兵 | sǎn bīng | paratrooper |
| 阳伞 | yáng sǎn | parasol |
| 保护伞 | bǎo hù sǎn | protective umbrella |
| 滑翔伞 | huá xiáng sǎn | paraglider (equipment) |
| 伞菌 | sǎn jùn | agaric |
| 打伞 | dǎ sǎn | to hold up an umbrella |
| 和尚打伞，无法无天 | hé shang dǎ sǎn , wú fǎ wú tiān | lit. like a monk holding an umbrella — no hair, no sky (idiom) (punning on 髮|发[fa4] vs 法[fa3]) |
| 和尚打伞 | hé shang dǎ sǎn | see 和尚打傘，無法無天|和尚打伞，无法无天[he2 shang5 da3 san3 , wu2 fa3 wu2 tian1] |
| 爱心伞 | ài xīn sǎn | courtesy umbrella (one made available for borrowing) |
| 特技跳伞 | tè jì tiào sǎn | skydiving |
| 伞形科 | sǎn xíng kē | Umbelliferae or Apiaceae, plant family containing carrot, coriander etc |
| 低空跳伞 | dī kōng tiào sǎn | BASE Jumping |
伞 appears in 29 compound words: 21 as the first character, 76 as the last, and 3 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 伞 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (1)
Example Sentences
作为伞民，我们有责任保护环境。
zuò wéi sǎn mín , wǒ men yǒu zé rèn bǎo hù huán jìng .
As umbrella users, we have a responsibility to protect the environment.
老夫妇摘“致命白毒伞”煮汤险死 深圳通报1周2宗毒蘑菇中毒
lǎo fū fù zhāi zhì mìng bái dú sǎn zhǔ tāng xiǎn sǐ shēn 圳 tōng bào 1 zhōu 2 zōng dú mó gū zhōng dú
Elderly Couple Nearly Die After Picking "Deadly White Poison Cap" Mushrooms to Make Soup; Shenzhen Reports Two Cases of Mushroom Poisoning in One Week
吃完火锅店误拿一模一样雨伞?法官这原因认非误拿是窃盗判拘役30天
chī wán huǒ guō diàn wù ná yī mó yī yàng yǔ sǎn ? fǎ guān zhè yuán yīn rèn fēi wù ná shì qiè dào pàn jū yì 3 0 tiān
After eating at a hot pot restaurant, I mistakenly got the exact same umbrella? The judge found that the reason was theft and sentenced him to 30 days of detention
黄晓明新加坡蜜游新欢?与美女亲密撑伞 网民:叶珂是过去式了吗
huáng xiǎo míng xīn jiā pō mì yóu xīn huān ? yǔ měi nǚ qīn mì chēng sǎn wǎng mín : xié 珂 shì guò qù shì le ma
Huang Xiaoming's new love on a honeymoon trip in Singapore? Intimate umbrella with beautiful women Netizens: Is Ye Ke in the past tense?
天气/出门备伞!首波春雨报到 “这天起”一路下到3月初
tiān qì chū mén bèi sǎn ! shǒu bō chūn yǔ bào dào zhè tiān qǐ yī lù xià dào 3 yuè chū
Weather/Go out and prepare an umbrella! The first wave of spring rain reported "from this day" all the way down to early March
合欢山违规乱象再添一桩!民众大玩飞行伞 太管处:开罚3千
gě huān shān wéi guī luàn xiàng zài tiān yī zhuāng ! mín zhòng dà wán fēi háng sǎn tài guǎn chǔ : kāi fá 3 qiān
Hehuan Mountain violations and chaos add another one! The people played with parachutes and the Taiguan Office: 3,000 fines
汤姆把伞落在了巴士上。
Tāngmǔ bǎ sǎn luò zài le bāshì shàng.
Tom left his umbrella on the bus.
我真的很抱歉，我好像弄丢了你的雨伞。
Wǒ zhēn de hěn bàoqiàn, wǒ hǎoxiàng nòngdiū le nǐ de yǔsǎn.
I'm really sorry. I seem to have lost your umbrella.
他总是搞丢了他的伞。
Tā zǒngshì gǎo diū le tā de sǎn.
He is always losing his umbrella.
请把淋湿的伞放到这个袋子里。
Qǐng bǎ línshī de sǎn fàng dào zhège dàizi lǐ.
Put the wet umbrella in this bag, please.
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