Usage of the character 淺
jiān
浅
[淺]
- sound of moving water
qiǎn
浅
[淺]
- shallow
- light (color)
fúqiǎn
浮浅
[浮淺]
- skin-deep; superficial; shallow
qiǎnxiǎn
浅显
[淺顯]
- (of written or spoken material) easy to understand; accessible
qiǎnyì
浅易
[淺易]
- easy
- simple
- suitable for beginners
qiǎnbái
浅白
[淺白]
- simple
- easy to understand
qiǎnshuō
浅说
[淺說]
- simple introduction
- primer
fūqiǎn
肤浅
[膚淺]
- skin-deep
- superficial
- shallow
qiǎnlù
浅露
[淺露]
- blunt
- direct (i.e. not tactful)
qiǎnjìn
浅近
[淺近]
- simple
zīqiǎn
资浅
[資淺]
- inexperienced
- junior (employee etc)
qiǎncháng
浅尝
[淺嘗]
- to merely have a sip or a bite (of one's food or drink)
- (fig.) to dabble in; to flirt with (a topic)
duǎnqiǎn
短浅
[短淺]
- narrow and shallow
qiǎnshēn
浅深
[淺深]
- depth (archaic)
qiǎnshuǐ
浅水
[淺水]
- shallow water
qiǎnjiāo
浅礁
[淺礁]
- shallow reef
- shoal
qiǎnxī
浅析
[淺析]
- primary, elementary or coarse analysis
qiǎnbó
浅薄
[淺薄]
- superficial
yūqiǎn
淤浅
[淤淺]
- to silt up
qiǎndàn
浅淡
[淺淡]
- light (color)
- pale
- vague (feeling)
qiǎnduǎn
浅短
[淺短]
- narrow and shallow (knowledge or skill)
- superficial
Qiǎncǎo
浅草
[淺草]
- Asakusa, district of Tokyo with an atmosphere of old Japan, famous for the 7th century Buddhist temple, Sensō-ji
qiǎnsè
浅色
[淺色]
- light color
qiǎnjiàn
浅见
[淺見]
- shallow opinion
- humble opinion
qiǎnlòu
浅陋
[淺陋]
- shallow and crude
- meager (knowledge or skill)
qiǎnxiǎn
浅鲜
[淺鮮]
- meager
- slight
qiǎnhēi
浅黑
[淺黑]
- dark
- gray
- (of skin) lightly pigmented
cūqiǎn
粗浅
[粗淺]
- shallow
- superficial
gēqiǎn
搁浅
[擱淺]
- to be stranded (of ship)
- to run aground
- fig. to run into difficulties and stop
tuōqiǎn
脱浅
[脫淺]
- to refloat (a boat that has run aground)
qiǎntān
浅滩
[淺灘]
- shallows
- shoal
- sandbar
shēnqiǎn
深浅
[深淺]
- deep or shallow
- depth (of the sea)
- limits of decorum
qiǎnhǎi
浅海
[淺海]
- shallow sea
- sea less than 200 meters deep
qiǎnxué
浅学
[淺學]
- shallow study
- superficial
- scant knowledge
qiǎngēng
浅耕
[淺耕]
- to scratch
- shallow plowing
jiànshiqiǎn
见识浅
[見識淺]
- short-sighted
qiǎnfúdiāo
浅浮雕
[淺浮雕]
- bas-relief
qiǎnhuángsè
浅黄色
[淺黃色]
- buff
- pale yellow
dàqiǎnpán
大浅盘
[大淺盤]
- platter
shòuyìfěiqiǎn
受益匪浅
[受益匪淺]
- to benefit (from)
cáishūxuéqiǎn
才疏学浅
[才疏學淺]
- (humble expr.) of humble talent and shallow learning (idiom); Pray forgive my ignorance,...
jiāoqiǎnyánshēn
交浅言深
[交淺言深]
- (idiom) to talk intimately while being comparative strangers
qiǎnxījìnqiú
浅希近求
[淺希近求]
- to aim low
- to aim to get by
- without lofty ambition
zhōngtúgēqiǎn
中途搁浅
[中途擱淺]
- to run aground in mid-course
- to run into difficulty and stop
mùguāngduǎnqiǎn
目光短浅
[目光短淺]
- to be shortsighted
hàirénbùqiǎn
害人不浅
[害人不淺]
- to cause a lot of trouble
- to inflict much suffering
shēnrùqiǎnchū
深入浅出
[深入淺出]
- to explain a complicated subject matter in simple terms (idiom)
- (of language) simple and easy to understand
qiǎncéngwénzì
浅层文字
[淺層文字]
- shallow orthography (governed by simple rules)
jiāoqíngfěiqiǎn
交情匪浅
[交情匪淺]
- to be very close
- to understand each other
qiǎnyuándìzhèn
浅源地震
[淺源地震]
- shallow earthquake (with epicenter less than 70 km deep)
yǎnpíziqiǎn
眼皮子浅
[眼皮子淺]
- short-sighted
qiǎnxiǎnyìdǒng
浅显易懂
[淺顯易懂]
- easy to understand
qiǎnchángzhézhǐ
浅尝辄止
[淺嘗輒止]
- lit. to stop after taking just a sip (idiom); fig. to gain only a superficial knowledge of sth and then stop
qiǎntānzhǐshìfúbiāo
浅滩指示浮标
[淺灘指示浮標]
- bar buoy
- buoy marking shallows or sandbar
shuǐqiǎnyǎngbùzhùdàyú
水浅养不住大鱼
[水淺養不住大魚]
- lit. shallow waters cannot harbor big fish (idiom)
- fig. ambitious, talented people cannot reach their full potential in a small organization