渐 (jiān) means Gradually. Below are 8 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
天气逐 渐 暖和了。
Tiānqì zhújiàn nuǎnhuo le.
The weather is gradually getting warmer.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 逐渐
学习要循序 渐 进。
Xuéxí yào xún xù jiàn jìn.
Learning should proceed step by step.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 循序渐进
锻炼身体也要循序 渐 进。
Duànliàn shēntǐ yě yào xún xù jiàn jìn.
Physical training too should be built up gradually.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 循序渐进
他逐 渐 习惯了这里的生活。
Tā zhújiàn xíguàn le zhèlǐ de shēnghuó.
He gradually got used to life here.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 逐渐
秋天一到，叶子 渐 渐 枯萎。
Qiūtiān yí dào, yèzi jiànjiàn kūwěi.
With autumn the leaves gradually wither.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 枯萎
远处山的轮廓 渐 渐 清晰起来。
Yuǎnchù shān de lúnkuò jiànjiàn qīngxī qǐlái.
The outline of the distant mountains gradually grew clearer.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 轮廓
毕业以后，他们 渐 渐 疏远了。
Bìyè yǐhòu, tāmen jiànjiàn shūyuǎn le.
After graduating they gradually drifted apart.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 疏远
这种做法的弊端在实践中逐 渐 暴露出来。
Zhè zhǒng zuòfǎ de bìduān zài shíjiàn zhōng zhújiàn bàolù chūlái.
The drawbacks of this approach gradually came to light in practice.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 弊端
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Words that contain 渐
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Questions about 渐
How is 渐 used in a sentence?
This page shows 8 sentences using 渐 (jiān, "Gradually"), 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 渐 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 渐 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 渐?
The dictionary page for 渐 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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