HSK 4 · Adjectives

满 mǎn “to fill” in Chinese

Traditional 滿

What 满 means

  1. to fill
  2. full
  3. filled
  4. packed
  5. fully
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • completely
  • Manchu ethnic group

How to say 满

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale满mǎn3rd tone, dipping

满 in a sentence

  1. 后备箱满了。

    Hòubèixiāng mǎn le.

    The boot is full.

    Sentence #13107402 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 我把杯子倒满了。

    Wǒ bǎ bēizi dàomǎn le.

    I filled the glass right up.

    Sentence #9135881 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  3. 自然充满了神秘。

    Zìrán chōngmǎn le shénmì.

    Nature is full of mysteries.

    Sentence #6047447 from Tatoeba

How 满 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 满 (mǎn) with each of its parts in a different colour
满mǎnto fill
  • 氵water form of 水 · shuǐMeaning part
  • 艹grass form of 艸 · cǎo
  • 两two · liǎng

氵 hints at the meaning (water); 㒼 () hints at the sound. Compare it with mǎn.

How to write 满

满 13 strokes

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

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

Words related to 满

Words with 满

满意mǎnyì · satisfied满足mǎnzú · to satisfy充满chōngmǎn · to be full of丰满fēngmǎn · plump美满měimǎn · happy圆满yuánmǎn · satisfactory自满zìmǎn · complacent

More words: Adjectives

流利liúlì · fluent流行liúxíng · popular乱luàn · in confusion or disorder马虎mǎhu · careless美丽měilì · beautiful耐心nàixīn · to be patient暖和nuǎnhuo · warm普遍pǔbiàn · universal

FAQs

满 (mǎn) means “to fill” or “full”. It is an HSK 4 word.
Say it mǎn: mǎn with a 3rd 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, 满 is written 滿. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type man with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 满 from the suggestions. Typing man into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
满 is an HSK 4 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.