Welcome to ChineseFrequencyDictionary.com. Enter a Chinese character or compound Chinese word to lookup. If a valid dictionary entry is found, frequency information will be shown below:

Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for:

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
shǎn - surname Shan
shǎn - to dodge
- to duck out of the way
- to beat it
- shaken (by a fall)
- to sprain
- to pull a muscle
- lightning
- spark
- a flash
- to flash (across one's mind)
- to leave behind
- (Internet slang) (of a display of affection) "dazzlingly" saccharine

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- 4 2,518 3,297 2,718

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

Radical:

Type:

Ideographic

Hint:

A man 人 just glimpsed through a door 门

Other Words Containing

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- 4 2,518 3,297 2,718
闪电 5 4 3,841 8,671 8,890
闪开 - - 5,628 29,918 26,248
闪亮 - - 6,045 10,764 6,317
闪耀 - - 6,998 13,552 8,387
闪光 - - 7,454 14,025 12,194
闪闪 - - 8,159 9,154 3,847
闪烁 6 8 10,562 9,655 11,653
闪光灯 - - 13,487 16,552 16,539
闪现 - - 14,127 20,845 18,784
闪光点 - - 16,569 41,716 35,752
闪光弹 - - 20,068 - -
闪失 - - 20,855 35,836 59,684
躲闪 - - 22,306 23,792 31,505
闪动 - - 25,273 20,553 31,073
亮闪闪 - - 26,696 64,975 41,412
电闪 - - 31,047 - -
闪避 - - 35,896 28,956 46,880
闪电战 - - 39,212 74,502 85,210
忽闪 - - 55,501 69,968 47,975
闪击战 - - 84,754 - -