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灣

wān

a bay, cove, inlet, bend of stream

Strokes
25
Radical
水
HSK
—
Tone
1

Simplified form: 湾

Stroke order

Our word list and example sentences are in simplified characters. Everything below is for 湾, the simplified form of 灣. We do not have a traditional-script corpus to draw the words from, so they are shown as they are written in simplified Chinese.

Example sentences

  • 台湾是一个国家。

    Tái wān shì yī gè guó jiā

    Taiwan is a country.

  • 这就是台湾,这才是台湾

    Zhè jiù shì Tái wān zhè cái shì Tái wān

    This is Taiwan, this is what makes it Taiwan.

  • 我们得到了在这个海湾内捕鱼的特权。

    Wǒ men dé dào le zài zhè ge hǎi wān nèi bǔ yú de tè quán

    We were granted the privilege of fishing in this bay.

  • 我不是很中国人,比如我不觉得台湾是中国领土。

    Wǒ bù shì hěn Zhōng guó rén bǐ rú wǒ bù jué de Tái wān shì Zhōng guó lǐng tǔ

    I'm not very Chinese. For example, I don't believe that Taiwan is Chinese territory.

Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), contributed by their community.

Words containing 湾

  • 海湾hǎi wān 3–1 bay; gulf
  • 港湾gǎng wān 3–1 bay serving as a harbor