HSK 6 · Verbs

溅 jiàn “to splash” in Chinese

Traditional 濺

What 溅 means

  1. to splash
  2. to spatter

How to say 溅

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale溅jiàn4th tone, falling

溅 in a sentence

  1. 车子经过的时候把泥水溅到了我的身上。

    Chēzi jīngguò de shíhou bǎ níshuǐ jiàn dào le wǒ de shēnshang.

    The passing car splashed muddy water on me.

    Sentence #1345617 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

  2. 为溅出的牛奶哭也没用。

    Wèi jiànchū de niúnǎi kū yě méiyòng.

    It’s no use crying over spilt milk.

    Sentence #765989 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  3. 他愤怒地践踏水坑，弄得泥水四溅。

    Tā fènnù de jiàntà shuǐkēng, nòng de níshuǐ sìjiàn.

    Angrily, he stomped on the puddle, splashing mud everywhere.

    Sentence #13153667 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

How 溅 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 溅 (jiàn) with each of its parts in a different colour
溅jiànto splash
  • 氵water form of 水 · shuǐMeaning part
  • 贱cheap · jiànSound part

氵 hints at the meaning (water); 贱 (jiàn) hints at the sound. Compare it with jiàn.

How to write 溅

溅 12 strokes

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

Words related to 溅

More words: Common Verbs

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FAQs

溅 (jiàn) means “to splash” or “to spatter”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it jiàn: jiàn 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, 溅 is written 濺. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type jian with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 溅 from the suggestions. Typing jian into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
溅 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.