栓 (shuān): bottle stopper, plug, (gun) bolt
栓 (shuān) is a Chinese character meaning “bottle stopper.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 木 (semantic) and 全 (phonetic). It ranks #2712 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 栓 wood. Its radical form 木 (tree) appears in many related characters such as 本 (běn, (bound form) root), 机 (jī, machine, opportunity), 条 (tiáo, strip).
Definitions
- bottle stopper
- plug
- (gun) bolt
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 血栓noun | xuè shuān | blood clot |
| 栓塞verb | shuān sè | (medicine) embolism |
| 螺栓noun | luó shuān | bolt (male component of nut and bolt) |
| 消防栓noun | xiāo fáng shuān | fire hydrant |
| 栓剂noun | shuān jì | suppository |
| 栓子noun | shuān zi | (medicine) embolus |
| 枪栓noun | qiāng shuān | gun bolt |
| 消火栓noun | xiāo huǒ shuān | fire hydrant |
| 血栓形成noun | xuè shuān xíng chéng | thrombosis |
| 月经棉栓 | yuè jīng mián shuān | tampon |
| 血栓病 | xuè shuān bìng | thrombosis |
| 止血栓noun | zhǐ xuè shuān | plug to stop bleeding |
| 门栓noun | mén shuān | variant of 門閂|门闩 |
| 血栓症noun | xuè shuān zhèng | thrombosis |
| 音栓 | yīn shuān | (music) organ stop |
栓 appears in 21 compound words: 24 as the first character, 52 as the last, and 24 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 栓 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Example Sentences
秋风起，栓叶变黄，铺满了林间小路。
qiū fēng qǐ , shuān xié biàn huáng , pù mǎn le lín jiān xiǎo lù .
Autumn winds rise, Dogwood leaves turn yellow, Carpeted along the forest path.
腺肌症最好的治疗办法有哪些?介入栓塞术会影响卵巢功能吗
xiàn jī zhèng zuì hǎo de zhì liáo bàn fǎ yǒu nǎ xiē ? jiè rù shuān sāi shù huì yǐng xiǎng luǎn cháo gōng néng ma
What are the best treatments for adenomyosis? Does interventional embolization affect ovarian function?
高雄BMW撞断消防栓 驾驶在水花中失去生命迹象
gāo xióng B M W zhuàng duàn xiāo fáng shuān jià shǐ zài shuǐ huā zhōng shī qù shēng mìng jì xiàng
Kaohsiung BMW crashed into a fire hydrant and lost signs of life in a splash
BMW轿车高雄自撞消防栓 驾驶命危急救中
B M W jiào chē gāo xióng zì zhuàng xiāo fáng shuān jià shǐ mìng wēi jí jiù zhōng
BMW sedan Kaohsiung crashed into a fire hydrant and the driver was in critical condition
...的副作用和危害大吗?长期服用会增加静脉血栓风险吗
. . . de fù zuò yòng hé wēi hài dà ma ? cháng qī fú yòng huì zēng jiā jìng mài xiě shuān fēng xiǎn ma
... Are the side effects and harms great? Does long-term use increase the risk of venous thrombosis?
长期避孕药的副作用大吗?会不会增加血栓或肝功能异常风险
cháng qī bì yùn yào de fù zuò yòng dà ma ? huì bù huì zēng jiā xiě shuān huò gān gōng néng yì cháng fēng xiǎn
Are the side effects of long-term contraceptives significant? Does it increase the risk of blood clots or abnormal liver function?
螺栓我找到了，螺帽在哪里？
Luóshuān wǒ zhǎodào le, luómào zài nǎlǐ?
I've got the bolts. Where are the nuts?
Character Family
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