tián

HSK 4
common
verb

Meaning of

填 means to fill up; to level; to replenish; to make up for; to compensate. Pronounced tián. HSK 4.

  • to fill up; to level
  • to replenish; to make up for; to compensate
  • to fill in; to complete (a form)

Character Info

Radical
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Components

Stroke Order

Definitions & Examples

Gōng
rén
men
zhèng
zài
tián
kēng
 

The workers are filling the pit.

men
yòng
gōu
tián
píng
le
 

They used dirt to level the ditch.

Zhè
dòng
lóu
jiàn
zài
tián
hǎi
zào
chū
de
shàng
 

This building is constructed on land reclaimed from the sea.

Xiǎo
niǎo
xián
lái
shù
zhī
tián
mǎn
le
cháo
 

The little bird brought twigs and filled the nest.

Hóng
shuǐ
guò
hòu
 
yào
liàng
shā
dài
lái
tián
de
quē
kǒu
 

After the flood, many sandbags are needed to fill the breach in the river embankment.