Meaning
sound of moving water; shallow
Chinese: 深度小，也表示程度不深。
Hear the Four Tones
The same syllable “qian” becomes a different word in each tone. 浅 is the 3rd tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.
Stroke Order
Tap Animate to watch the strokes in order, or Practice to trace it yourself.
Common Words
- 搁浅gē qiǎnto be stranded (of ship); to run aground; fig. to run into difficulties and stop
- 浅说qiǎn shuōsimple introduction; primer
- 浅学qiǎn xuéshallow study; superficial; scant knowledge
- 浅见qiǎn jiànshallow opinion; humble opinion
- 浅海qiǎn hǎishallow sea; sea less than 200 meters deep
Example Sentence
这条小河的水很浅，可以蹚过去。Zhè tiáo xiǎo hé de shuǐ hěn qiǎn, kě yǐ tāng guò qù.The water in this stream is shallow; you can wade across.
这Zhèthis条tiáostrip小河xiǎo hécreek的deof水shuǐShui ethnic group很hěnvery浅qiǎnshallow，可以kě yǐcan蹚tāngto wade过去guò qù(in the) past。