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碗 - wǎn

bowl, small dish

bowl, small dish

How to read 碗

Click 碗 to hear Mandarin pronunciation. Use the example words before memorizing it in isolation.

Hanzi
Traditional
Pinyinwǎn
Englishbowl, small dish
Radical hint

Short sentences you can say today

碗公 is a common expression. I can make a sentence with 碗柜. Please read 碗筷 one more time.

Common words with this character

very large bowl
cupboard
bowl and chopsticks; tableware
wagui, a sticky rice pudding, usu. savory

Mistake warning

Do not memorize 碗 only as an isolated symbol. Read it inside words like 碗公 and 碗柜 first, then come back to the single-character pronunciation.

Original example sentence

I am learning the character 碗.