詹 (zhān): surname Zhan, (literary) verbose, (literary) to arrive, to reach
詹 (zhān) is a Chinese character meaning “(literary) verbose.” Outside the HSK 3.0 syllabus (CLEC 2022), it is composed of 厂 (phonetic), 八 (structural) and 言 (semantic). It ranks #2196 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 詹 speech. Its radical form 讠 (speech) appears in many related characters such as 话 (huà, speech, words), 说 (shuō, to speak, to say), 请 (qǐng, please, to invite).
Definitions
- surname Zhan
- (literary) verbose
- (literary) to arrive, to reach
Etymology & Origin
pictophoneticspeech
Decomposition: ⿸厂⿱八言 (layout: surround-from-upper-left)
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 詹姆斯proper-noun | zhān mǔ sī | James (name) |
| 詹森 | zhān sēn | Johnson |
| 詹姆斯·乔伊斯 | zhān mǔ sī · qiáo yī sī | James Joyce (1882-1941), Irish modernist writer, author of Ulysses and Finnegans Wake |
| 詹江布尔 | zhān jiāng bù ěr | Janjanbureh river and city in Gambia |
| 詹姆斯·高斯林 | zhān mǔ sī · gāo sī lín | James Gosling (1955-), Canadian computer scientist, co-inventor of the Java programming language |
| 詹姆斯·戈斯林 | zhān mǔ sī · gē sī lín | see 詹姆斯·高斯林 |
| 詹姆斯·戈士林 | zhān mǔ sī · gē shì lín | see 詹姆斯·高斯林 |
| 詹姆斯·庞德 | zhān mǔ sī · páng dé | James Bond |
| 詹天佑 | zhān tiān yòu | Zhan Tianyou (1861-1919), Chinese railroad engineer |
詹 appears in 9 compound words: 100 as the first character, 0 as the last, and 0 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 詹 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Example Sentences
作为新译本的译者，詹文杰指出，读《理想国》有助于理解西方文明的精神脉络。
zuò wéi xīn yì běn de yì zhě , zhān wén jié zhǐ chū , dú lǐ xiǎng guó yǒu zhù yú lǐ jiě xī fāng wén míng de jīng shén mài luò .
As the translator of the new edition, Zhan Wenjie points out that reading *The Republic* helps one understand the intellectual lineage of Western civilization.
漫威 2026 年 9 月发布的预告片首次暗示詹姆斯 · 斯派德配音的奥创回归。
màn wēi 2 0 2 6 nián 9 yuè fā bù de yù gào piàn shǒu cì àn shì zhān mǔ sī sī pài dé pèi yīn de ào chuàng huí guī .
A trailer released by Marvel in September 2026 hinted for the first time at the return of Ultron, voiced by James Spader.
剧情方面，本作重新演绎了詹姆斯 · 邦德的起源故事。
jù qíng fāng miàn , běn zuò chóng xīn yǎn yì le zhān mǔ sī bāng dé de qǐ yuán gù shì .
In terms of the plot, this film reimagines the origin story of James Bond.
意大利艺术协会主席克劳迪奥·詹尼尼先生7月23日在威尼斯为易茗先生颁发金奖证书。
yì dà lì yì shù xié huì zhǔ xí kè láo dí ào zhān ní ní xiān shēng 7 yuè 2 3 rì zài wēi ní sī wéi yì 茗 xiān shēng bān fā jīn jiǎng zhèng shū .
Mr. Claudio Giannini, President of the Italian Art Association, presented Mr. Yi Ming with a Gold Medal certificate in Venice on July 23.
影片将由《精灵旅社 4》导演詹妮弗·克鲁斯卡与该系列动画师艾伦·霍金斯联合执导。
yǐng piàn jiāng yóu jīng líng lǚ shè 4 dǎo yǎn zhān nī fú kè lǔ sī kǎ yǔ gāi xì liè dòng huà shī ài lún huò jīn sī lián hé zhí dǎo .
The film will be co-directed by Jennifer Kruska, director of *Hotel Transylvania 4*, and Alan Hawkins, an animator on the series.
Character Family
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