HSK 6 · Objects

垫 diàn “cushion” in Chinese

Traditional 墊

What 垫 means

  1. cushion
  2. pad
  3. to pay for someone
  4. mat
  5. to pad out
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • to fill a gap
  • to pay for sb

How to say 垫

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale垫diàn4th tone, falling

垫 in a sentence

  1. 进家门后，我被垫子绊倒了。

    Jìn jiāmén hòu, wǒ bèi diànzi bàndǎo le.

    As I came in the door, I tripped over the mat.

    Sentence #336692 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 这个床垫很硬。

    Zhè ge chuángdiàn hěn yìng.

    This is a very hard mattress.

    Sentence #9046309 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  3. 玛丽买了鼠标垫。

    Mǎlì mǎi le shǔbiāodiàn.

    Mary bought a mouse pad.

    Sentence #9992085 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 垫 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 垫 (diàn) with each of its parts in a different colour
垫diànpad
  • 执to execute · zhíSound part
  • 土earth · tǔMeaning part

土 hints at the meaning (earth); 执 (zhí) hints at the sound. Compare it with diàn.

How to write 垫

垫 9 strokes

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

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

Words related to 垫

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FAQs

垫 (diàn) means “cushion” or “pad”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it diàn: diàn with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 垫 is written 墊. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type dian with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 垫 from the suggestions. Typing dian into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
垫 is an HSK 6 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.