shallow
浅 is an 8 stroke, simplified Chinese character and is pronounced as qiǎn in the third tone, however it can also be pronounced as jiān.
In traditional Chinese the character 淺 is used.
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Pronunciation
We found 2 pronunciations for 浅
Definitions for 浅 pronounced as qiǎn
- shallow
- light (color)
Definitions for 浅 pronounced as jiān
- sound of moving water
Vocabulary
The most common words for 浅 — see all
- skin-deep
- superficial
- shallow
- to be stranded (of ship)
- to run aground
- fig. to run into difficulties and stop
- light color
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