shān

HSK 5
common
verb

Meaning of

扇 means fan (air); wave to move air; slap with palm; strike on face. Pronounced shān. HSK 5.

  • fan (air); wave to move air
  • slap with palm; strike on face
  • same as 煽; incite; instigate

Character Info

Radical
Strokes6
Components

Stroke Order

Definitions & Examples

yòng
shàn
zi
shān
méi
zi
shēng
huǒ
 

He used a fan to fan the coal stove to start a fire.

Xià
tiān
dào
le
 
jiā
dōu
zài
shān
shàn
zi
chéng
liáng
 

Summer has arrived, everyone is using fans to cool down.

Qǐng
bāng
shān
xià
zhú
ràng
miè
le
 

Please help me fan the candle to put it out.

zhàn
zài
chuāng
biān
shān
fēng
ràng
fáng
jiān
liáng
kuài
xiē
 

He stood by the window fanning the air to cool the room.

ma
yòng
shàn
shān
zhe
shú
shuì
de
bǎo
bǎo
 

Mom used a cattail fan to fan her sleeping baby.