sān

毵

Character · AdjectiveTraditional毿

long and trailing; disheveled

Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma

Meanings

2 senses · 5 examples
1.

adjective

(of hair, feathers, branches, etc.) long and trailing; streaming; flowing down

Often used in the reduplicated form 毵毵 to describe long, flowing hair or willow branches.

Liǔ柳
tiáo条
sān毵
sān毵
chuí垂
xià下
 ，
rú如
tóng同
lǜ绿
sè色
de的
pù瀑
bù布
 。

The willow branches hang down long and trailing, like a green waterfall.

Tā她
cháng长
fà发
sān毵
sān毵
 ，
pī披
zài在
jiān肩
shang上
 。

Her long hair flowed down over her shoulders.

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Kǒng孔
què雀
de的
yǔ羽
máo毛
sān毵
sān毵
de地
tuō拖
zài在
dì地
shang上
 。

The peacock's feathers trailed long and flowing on the ground.

2.

adjective

disheveled; unkempt; fluffy and scattered

literary

Used in literary or descriptive contexts, often in the compound 毿氉 (sān sào) to describe a messy appearance or in 毵乱 to describe disheveled hair.

Tā他
yī衣
shān衫
sān毿
sào氉
 ，
xíng形
róng容
qiáo憔
cuì悴
 。

His clothes were disheveled and his appearance haggard.

Tóu头
fa发
sān毵
luàn乱
de地
sàn散
zài在
zhěn枕
tou头
shang上
 。

Her hair lay disheveled and scattered across the pillow.