HSK 5 · Objects

扇子 shànzi “fan” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 扇子 means

  1. fan

Measure word 把 bǎ · 一把扇子 yì bǎ shànzi

How to say 扇子

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale扇shàn4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the neutral tone: short and light, with no contour of its own子zineutral tone, light and short

Grey pinyin is a neutral tone: say it short and light. More on the neutral tone

扇子 in a sentence

  1. 这是一把中式扇子。

    Zhè shì yì bǎ zhōngshì shànzi.

    This is a Chinese fan.

    Sentence #426812 from Tatoeba

How 扇子 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 扇 (shàn) with each of its parts in a different colour
扇shànfan
  • 户door · hù
  • 羽feather · yǔ
The character 子 (zi) with each of its parts in a different colour
子zinoun suffix, as in 椅子 “chair”
  • 了clear · le
  • 一one · yī

Memory aidA baby with its arms out and its legs wrapped up.

How to write 扇子

扇 10 strokes · 子 3 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

扇子 (shànzi) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 扇子 (shànzi). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 扇子

Words with 子

儿子érzi · son椅子yǐzi · chair桌子zhuōzi · table杯子bēizi · cup妻子qīzi · wife孩子háizi · child本子běnzi · book子zi · (common noun suffix)裤子kùzi · pants帽子màozi · hat

More words: Objects & Materials

盆pén · basin墙qiáng · wall圈quān · circle日用品rìyòngpǐn · articles for daily use绳子shéngzi · cord手工shǒugōng · handmade书架shūjià · bookshelf梳子shūzi · comb

FAQs

扇子 (shànzi) means “fan”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it shànzi: shàn with a 4th tone, then zi with a neutral tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 扇子 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Use 把 (bǎ). For example, one fan is 一把扇子 (yì bǎ shànzi).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type shanzi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 扇子 from the suggestions. Typing shanzi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
扇子 is an HSK 5 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.