沾弦

Chinese

		infected by; moisten; receive favours	bow string; string of mus. instr.
simp. and trad. (沾弦)		沾	弦

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhānxián

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄢ ㄒㄧㄢˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhānxián
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄢ ㄒㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhansián
    • Wade–Giles: chan¹-hsien²
    • Yale: jān-syán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: janshyan
    • Palladius: чжаньсянь (čžanʹsjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂän⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɛn³⁵/

Verb

沾弦

1. (dialectal Mandarin, including Xuzhou Mandarin, Shijiazhuang Mandarin) to be good; to be OK; to be able

Synonyms

• 沾 (zhān)