HSK 6 · Verbs

镶嵌 xiāngqiàn “to inlay” in Chinese

Traditional 鑲嵌

What 镶嵌 means

  1. to inlay
  2. to set (gems)
  3. to embed
  4. to set (e.g. a jewel in a ring)
  5. tiling
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • tesselation

How to say 镶嵌

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale镶xiāng1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale嵌qiàn4th tone, falling

镶嵌 in a sentence

  1. 这枚戒指上镶嵌着一颗小钻石。

    Zhè méi jièzhi shàng xiāngqiàn zhe yì kē xiǎo zuànshí.

    This ring is set with a small diamond.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 墙上镶嵌着漂亮的瓷砖。

    Qiáng shàng xiāngqiàn zhe piàoliang de cízhuān.

    The wall is inlaid with beautiful tiles.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 镶嵌 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 镶 (xiāng) with each of its parts in a different colour
镶xiāngto inlay
  • 钅gold form of 金 · jīnMeaning part
  • 襄to aid · xiāngSound part

钅 hints at the meaning (gold); 襄 (xiāng) hints at the sound. Compare it with xiāng.

The character 嵌 (qiàn) with each of its parts in a different colour
嵌qiànto inlay
  • 山mountain · shānMeaning part
  • 甘sweet · gān
  • 欠yawn · qiànSound part

山 hints at the meaning (mountain); 欠 (qiàn) hints at the sound. Compare it with qiàn.

How to write 镶嵌

镶 22 strokes · 嵌 12 strokes

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

Words related to 镶嵌

More words: Common Verbs

喂wèi · to feed (a person or animal)维持wéichí · to maintain维护wéihù · to safeguard无理取闹wúlǐqǔnào · to make trouble for no reason衔接xiánjiē · to link up掀起xiānqǐ · to lift陷入xiànrù · to fall into削xiāo · to peel

FAQs

镶嵌 (xiāngqiàn) means “to inlay” or “to set (gems)”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it xiāngqiàn: xiāng with a 1st tone, then qiàn 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, 镶嵌 is written 鑲嵌. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type xiangqian with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 镶嵌 from the suggestions. Typing xiangqian into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
镶嵌 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 written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.