cān

take part in, intervene; ginseng

HSK 3 #507

DEFINITIONS

参 cān
  • to take part in
  • to participate
  • to join
  • to attend
  • to counsel
  • unequal
  • varied
  • irregular
  • uneven
  • not uniform
  • abbr. for 參議院|参议院 Senate, Upper House
  • old variant of 參|参[can1]
参 shēn
  • ginseng
  • one of the 28 constellations
  • variant of 參|参[shen1]

STROKES

WORDS

卡尔 cān kǎ ěr Ivan Cankar (1876-1918), Slovenian modernist writer
孙 cān sūn Samson (name); biblical hero around 1100 BC
宿 shēn xiù Three Stars (Chinese constellation)
宿七 shēn xiù qī Rigel (star); lit. seventh star of the Three Stars Chinese constellation
差错落 cēn cī cuò luò uneven and jumbled (idiom); irregular and disorderly; in a tangled mess
悟 cān wù to comprehend (the nature of things etc); to achieve enlightenment
政权 cān zhèng quán suffrage; voting rights
校 cān jiào to proofread; to revise one or more editions of a text using an authoritative edition as a source book; to editorially revise a text
禅 cān chán to practice Chan Buddhist meditation; to practice Zen meditation; to sit in meditation
考文献 cān kǎo wén xiàn cited material; reference (to the literature); bibliography
考材料 cān kǎo cái liào reference material; source documents
考椭球体 cān kǎo tuǒ qiú tǐ reference ellipsoid (geodesy)
考消息 cān kǎo xiāo xī Reference News (PRC limited-distribution daily newspaper)
考资料 cān kǎo zī liào reference material; bibliography
茸 shēn róng ginseng and young deer antler (used in TCM)
薯 shēn shǔ Dioscorea alata (Kinampay or aromatic purple yam, a sweet root crop)
访团 cān fǎng tuán delegation
详 cān xiáng to collate and examine critically (texts etc)
谋总长 cān móu zǒng zhǎng army Chief of Staff
谒 cān yè to visit; to pay one's respects to (a revered figure etc); to pay homage (at a tomb etc)
透 cān tòu to fully grasp; to penetrate
选人 cān xuǎn rén election participant; candidate
选率 cān xuǎn lǜ voter turnout
酌 cān zhuó to consider (a matter); to deliberate
量 cān liàng parameter (math); quantity used as a parameter; modulus (math.)