闪 (shǎn) means Evade (dodge - flash - shine - lightning). Below are 7 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
外面有 闪 电和雷声。
Wàimiàn yǒu shǎndiàn hé léi shēng.
There is lightning and thunder outside.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 闪电
天上的星星在 闪 烁。
Tiān shang de xīngxing zài shǎnshuò.
The stars are twinkling in the sky.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 闪烁
闪 电过后就下起了雨。
Shǎndiàn guò hòu jiù xià qǐ le yǔ.
After the lightning it began to rain.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 闪电
闪 电劈开了那棵老树。
Shǎndiàn pī kāi le nà kē lǎo shù.
Lightning split that old tree.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 劈
露珠像珍珠一样 闪 亮。
Lùzhū xiàng zhēnzhū yíyàng shǎnliàng.
The dewdrops glisten like pearls.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 珍珠
飞机的机翼在阳光下 闪 着光。
Fēijī de jīyì zài yángguāng xià shǎnzhe guāng.
The aircraft's wings glinted in the sunlight.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 翼
他说话 闪 烁其词，不肯说实话。
Tā shuōhuà shǎnshuò qí cí, bù kěn shuō shíhuà.
He spoke evasively and would not tell the truth.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 闪烁
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Words that contain 闪
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Questions about 闪
How is 闪 used in a sentence?
This page shows 7 sentences using 闪 (shǎn, "Evade (dodge - flash - shine - lightning)"), 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 闪 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 闪 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 闪?
The dictionary page for 闪 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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