沾 zhān

1. zhān verb to wet; to moisten; to soak
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (CC-CEDICT '沾'; Guoyu '沾' v 1; Mathews 1931 '沾', p. 14; Unihan '沾')
2. zhān verb to touch
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 接触 (Guoyu '沾' v 2; Unihan '沾')
3. zhān verb to infect
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 感染 (Guoyu '沾' v 3; Mathews 1931 '沾', p. 14)
4. zhān verb to benefit from; to take advantage of [a relationship]
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '沾' v 4; Mathews 1931 '沾', p. 14)
5. zhān verb to carry
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 帶 (Guoyu '沾' v 5)
6. zhān verb to complacent; to be smug
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: As in 沾沾自喜 (Mathews 1931 '沾', p. 14)

Contained in

• 沾唇 to moisten one's lips; to sip (wine, tea etc)
• 十指不沾阳春水(十指不沾陽春水) to have no need to fend for oneself; to lead a pampered life
• 沾花惹草 to fondle the flowers and trample the grass; to womanize
• 沾襟 tears wetting their lapels; weeping a lot
• 沾雨 to become wet with rain
• 脚不沾地(腳不沾地) feet not touching the ground; to run like the wind
• 除沾染 decontamination
• 残余沾染(殘餘沾染) residual contamination
• 沾恩 by the grace of; to receive favor
• 沾溼 moist; wet
• 沾濡 to moisten
• 沾染控制 contamination control
• 沾润(沾潤) saturated with; soaked ; to receive a prtio of the benefit
• 放射性沾染 radioactive contamination
• 沾病 to catch a disease
• 沾黏 to stick
• 沾渍(沾漬) soaked with
• 沾光 to benefit from [someone else's achievements]; to bask in the glory of ; havina a luster
• 沾泥絮 willow catkins drop in the mud; cares melt away
• 沾沾自喜 to be fond of oneself; to be self-satisfied
• 均沾 to share (profits)
• 沾染习气(沾染習氣) defiled by the social customs of the time
• 沾酱(沾醬) dip (cookery)
• 沾溉时雨(沾溉時雨) for the seasonal rains to soak and irrigate
• 沾便宜 to unfairly take advantage
• 沾浴 soaked by rain showers
• 沾染世情 to be defiled by worldly emotions
• 滴酒不沾 never to touch a drop of alcohol
• 沾寒 to get sick from cold weather
• 沾满(沾滿) muddy; covered in (mud, dust, sweat, blood etc); daubed in
• 沾染世俗 to be defiled by the secular world
• 不沾锅(不沾鍋) non-stick pan
• 沾感 to be thankful to
• 沾湿(沾濕) to moisten; to dampen; to be steeped in; to be imbued with
• 沾溺 to immerse; to dip
• 沾染 to infect ; to gain improper advantage ; to have sex ; to be saturated
• 沾泥 soiled
• 沾透 completely wet
• 三不沾 air ball (basketball)
• 沾边(沾邊) to have a connection with; to be close (to reality); to be relevant; to have one's hand in
• 烟酒不沾(煙酒不沾) abstaining from liquor and tobacco
• 放射性沾染物 radioactive contaminant
• 沾染程度检查仪(沾染程度檢查儀) contamination meter
• 沾汙 to pollute
• 沾尘(沾塵) to define

Also contained in

沾化县 、 沾益县 、 沾化 、 沾益

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

• 卷106上 地形志二上 Volume 106a Treatise 2: Terrain 1 Book of Wei 魏書 — count: 13
• 卷二十七 Scroll 27 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 13
• 卷二十九 Scroll 29 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 12
• 卷六 本紀第六 孝武帝 Volume 6 Annals 6: Emperor Xiao Wu Book of Song 宋書 — count: 5
• 卷二十三 Scroll 23 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 5
• 卷四十一 志第十七 地理二 Volume 41 Treatises 17: Geography 2 History of Ming 明史 — count: 4
• 第七十一回 Chapter 71 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 4
• 第九十四回 Chapter 94 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 3
• 第二回 Chapter 38 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 3
• 卷六十二 志第三十八 樂二 Volume 62 Treatises 38: Music 2 History of Ming 明史 — count: 3

Collocations

• 沾衣 (沾衣) 子來何苦沾衣如此 — Garden of Stories 說苑, 卷九 正諫 Chapter 9: Direct Advice — count: 11
• 沾洽 (沾洽) 莫不沾洽 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷四十五 袁張韓周列傳 Volume 45: Biographies of Yuan, Zhang, Han, Zhou — count: 5
• 沾衿 (沾衿) 則流涕沾衿矣 — Garden of Stories 說苑, 卷十一 善說 Chapter 11: Virtuous Speech — count: 5
• 涕沾 (涕沾) 涕沾袍 — Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋公羊傳, 哀公 Lord Ai — count: 4
• 沾背 (沾背) 汗出沾背 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《陳丞相世家》 House of Chancellor Chen — count: 4
• 宜沾 (宜沾) 並宜沾賚 — Book of Song 宋書, 卷五 本紀第五 文帝 Volume 5 Annals 5: Emperor Wen — count: 4
• 泽沾 (澤沾) 惠澤沾渥 — Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志, 卷八 魏書八 二公孫陶四張傳 Volume 8: Book of Wei 8 - Biographies of the two Gongsuns, Tao, and the four Zhangs — count: 4
• 沾赉 (沾賚) 並宜沾賚 — Book of Song 宋書, 卷五 本紀第五 文帝 Volume 5 Annals 5: Emperor Wen — count: 4
• 沾德 (沾德) 揚沾德義之風 — Book of Song 宋書, 卷九十五 列傳第五十五 索虜 Volume 95 Biographies 55: Suo Lu — count: 3
• 雨沾 (雨沾) 雨沾服失容 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《曾子問》 The Questions of Zeng-zi — count: 3