Chinese words starting with “chan”

16 words in our HSK vocabulary start with the syllable chan. They are sorted by how common they are, so the ones you are most likely to meet come first. The 2 most useful of them have their own page — they are listed first below.

Initial ch · final an · hear the four tones and see example characters →

1st tone 2
2nd tone 4
3rd tone 9
4th tone 1

Word counts by tone are counted on the first syllable of each word.

Common words with this syllable

产生chǎn shēngHSK 3
to arise; to come into being; to come about; to give rise to; to bring into being; to bring about; to produce; to engender; to generate
产品chǎn pǐnHSK 4
goods; merchandise; product

All 16 words

#	Word	Pinyin	POS	Meaning
1	产	chǎn	v,g	to give birth; to reproduce; to produce; product; resource; estate; property
2	产业	chǎn yè	n	industry; estate; property; industrial
3	缠	chán	v	to wind around; to wrap round; to coil; tangle; to involve; to bother; to annoy
4	颤抖	chàn dǒu	v	to shudder; to shiver; to shake; to tremble
5	铲	chǎn	v	to shovel; to remove; spade; shovel
6	产物	chǎn wù	n	product; result (of)
7	掺	chān	v	variant of 搀; to mix
8	产量	chǎn liàng	n	output
9	阐述	chǎn shù	v,vn	to expound (a position); to elaborate (on a topic); to treat (a subject)
10	缠绕	chán rào	v	twisting; to twine; to wind; to pester; to bother
11	产地	chǎn dì	n	source (of a product); place of origin; manufacturing location
12	馋	chán	a	gluttonous; greedy; to have a craving
13	铲子	chǎn zi	n	shovel; spade; trowel; spatula (kitchen utensil)
14	产值	chǎn zhí	n	value of output; output value
15	搀	chān	v	to take by the arm and assist; to mix; to blend; to dilute; to adulterate
16	禅杖	chán zhàng		the staff of a Buddhist monk

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