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Hanzi

散 / 散

Traditional
散
Simplified
散

to scatter/to break up (a meeting etc)/to disperse/to disseminate/to dispel/(coll.) to sack

Hanzi

Grade

Grade 3

Pinyin

sàn, sǎn, sān

Bopomofo

ㄙㄢˋ, ㄙㄢˇ, ㄙㄢ

Jyutping

saan2

Example sentences

散 sàn
晚會結束後，人群漸漸散去。
晚会结束后，人群渐渐散去。

After the party ended, the crowd gradually dispersed.

步 bù
他在公園裡散步。
他在公园里散步。

He is taking a walk in the park.

散步 sànbù
天氣這麼好，我們去公園散步吧。
天气这么好，我们去公园散步吧。

The weather is so nice, let's go for a walk in the park.

人們 / 人们 rénmen
人們喜歡在公園散步。
人们喜欢在公园散步。

People like to take a walk in the park.

散發 / 散发 sànfā
這些花朵在陽光下散發出迷人的芬芳。
这些花朵在阳光下散发出迷人的芬芳。

These flowers give off a charming fragrance in the sunlight.

淡淡 dàndàn
這朵花散發出淡淡的香味。
这朵花散发出淡淡的香味。

This flower emits a faint fragrance.

分散 fēnsàn
投資股票要分散風險。
投资股票要分散风险。

Investment in stocks needs to spread the risk.

失散 shīsàn
他終於找到了失散多年的妹妹。
他终于找到了失散多年的妹妹。

He finally found his long-lost sister.

尋覓 / 寻觅 xúnmì
她在茫茫人海中尋覓失散多年的兄弟。
她在茫茫人海中寻觅失散多年的兄弟。

She is searching for her long-lost brother in the vast crowd.

Example Vocabulary

散

san4

to disperse; to scatter; to break up

散步

san4'bu4

to take a walk; to stroll

散發

san4'fa1

to emit; to give off; to diffuse

不歡而散

bu4'huan1'er2'san4

不見不散

bu4'jian4'bu4'san4

分散

fen1'san4

to disperse; to scatter; to distract

吹散

失散

shi1'san4

to be separated and lose touch with one another

一哄而散

一盤散沙

yi1'pan2'san3'sha1

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