cǎn
𥮾
winnowing basket
Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma
Meanings
1 sense · 2 examplesnoun
a winnowing basket or sieve
dialectThis is a dialectal term, less common in standard Mandarin.
Nǎi奶
nai奶
yòng用
zhú竹
cǎn篸
bò簸
mǐ米
。
Grandma winnows rice with a bamboo sieve.
Zhè这
ge个
cǎn篸
shì是
yòng用
lái来
shāi筛
shā沙
zi子
de的
。
This sieve is used to sift sand.