添 (tiān) means Add (increase - replenish). Below are 6 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
几盆花给房间增 添 了生气。
Jǐ pén huā gěi fángjiān zēngtiān le shēngqì.
A few pots of flowers added life to the room.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 增添
最后那句话完全是画蛇 添 足。
Zuìhòu nà jù huà wánquán shì huàshétiānzú.
That last sentence was entirely superfluous.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 画蛇添足
雪中送炭比锦上 添 花更可贵。
Xuě zhōng sòng tàn bǐ jǐnshàngtiānhuā gèng kěguì.
Help in hard times is worth more than adding to what is already fine.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 锦上添花
这件事给他增 添 了不少麻烦。
Zhè jiàn shì gěi tā zēngtiān le bù shǎo máfan.
This affair added a good deal of trouble for him.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 增添
本来就够好了，再改就是画蛇 添 足。
Běnlái jiù gòu hǎo le, zài gǎi jiù shì huàshétiānzú.
It was already good enough; changing it further would only spoil it.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 画蛇添足
有了这段音乐，整个片子锦上 添 花。
Yǒu le zhè duàn yīnyuè, zhěnggè piānzi jǐnshàngtiānhuā.
With this music the whole film is even better than it was.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 锦上添花
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Words that contain 添
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Questions about 添
How is 添 used in a sentence?
This page shows 6 sentences using 添 (tiān, "Add (increase - replenish)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 添 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 添 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Where can I see the full entry for 添?
The dictionary page for 添 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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