DICTIONARY · CC-CEDICT

儳

Mandarin · pinyin chàn

irregular
mixed

Full entryShow on map

Characters in this entry

儳: chán · obstinate; stupid; uneven; mix

Written characters and their own readings; the entry’s pronunciation is shown above.

Explore the spelling

Mandarin tones

4 · chan4

Compare attested words with these syllables ↗

Dictionary tones. Connected speech can change their realization.

Connected dictionary

1character link10same-tone records

Explore word families ↗Compare pronunciations ↗Open character structure ↗

Counts describe dictionary records, not word frequency or semantic similarity. Source identities stay separate.

Read this spelling in Classical texts

Follow a written form into the eight pinned witnesses: Analects, Mencius, Laozi, Zhuangzi, Xunzi, Han Feizi, Sunzi and the Mao Shijing. A match is a place to investigate; it does not prove that a modern dictionary sense fits the passage.

儳 · find source passages ↗

Explore Classical grammar ↗

Compare dictionary sources Wiktionary · 7 senses · 3 Cantonese readings

Rime Cantonese 粵拼

caam3 · caam4 · zaam6

Cantonese word readings for 儳. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

CanCLID contributors · CC BY 4.0 · source & license · Data pack

Wiktionary English definitions · Chinese section

Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.

character

(literary) disorderly; mixed; messy
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) ugly
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 攙 /搀 (“to support by the arm”)

character

(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to interject; to interrupt; to cut in
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to insert
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) short; quick; convenient
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) careless; rash

Source page · dump 2026-09-02 · Contributors & history

Wiktionary contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source & license · Data pack