趁
HSK 7freq #4043
Meanings
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- 1.to avail oneself of
- 2.to take advantage of
- 1.old variant of 趁[chèn]
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Wiktionary
- 1.to chase; to pursue
- 2.to follow; to accompany
- 3.to take advantage of (time, opportunity, etc); to avail oneself of
- 4.to earn (money)
- 5.to have a lot of
- 6.used to indicate a present situation: while circumstances are optimal
- 7.from; since
- 8.to imitate (someone)
- 9.to shoo away; to drive away (poultry or livestock)
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Etymology
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *nlanʔ, *l̥ʰɯns, *l'ɯn): semantic 走 (“to run”) + phonetic 㐱.
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Stroke order
Components
Components from cjk-decomp · MIT
Example sentences
打鐵趁熱。
Strike while the iron is hot.
讓我們趁熱吃吧。
Let's eat while the food is warm.
趁汤没凉之前喝下。
Eat your soup before it gets cold.
应该趁年轻多读点书。
You should read many books when you are young.
应该趁年轻多读点书。
You should read a lot of books while you're young.
一个入室盗窃者趁我去旅游的时候闯入了我家。
A burglar broke into my house while I was away on a trip.
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Derived terms
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Related words
趁机 to seize an opportunity趁早 as soon as possible趁热 while it's still hot趁势 to take advantage of a favorable situation趁便 to take the opportunity趁愿 variant of 称愿[chèn yuàn]趁心 variant of 称心[chèn xīn]趁手 conveniently; without extra trouble趁钱 variant of 称钱[chèn qián]趁早儿 erhua variant of 趁早[chèn zǎo]趁热打铁 to strike while the iron is hot趁人之危 to take advantage of sb's difficulties (idiom)