a bend in a river; a bay or gulf

Animated Stroke Order 湾

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Stroke Order Diagrams 湾

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Example Sentences

Real-world example sentences demonstrating how is used in context
1
tái
wān
shì
zhōng
guó
fēn
de
fen

Taiwan is an inalienable part of China

2
chuán
zhī
ān
quán
tíng
kào
zài
gǎng
wān

The ship docked safely in the harbor

3
zhè
ge
hǎi
wān
fēng
jǐng
fēi
cháng
měi

This bay has very beautiful scenery

4
chuán
tíng
zài
gǎng
wān

The ship is docked in the harbor.

5
zhè
ge
xiǎo
zhèn
yǒu
měi
de
gǎng
wān
yǐn
le
hěn
duō
yóu

This small town has a beautiful harbor that attracts many tourists.

6
jiā
shì
xīn
líng
de
gǎng
wān
ràng
men
zài
bèi
shí
dào
xiū

Home is a haven for the soul, where we can rest when we are tired.

7
zhè
shì
hǎi
wān

This is a bay.

8
men
zài
hǎi
wān
biān
sàn

We are walking by the bay.

9
zhè
ge
hǎi
wān
de
fēng
jǐng
hěn
měi

The scenery of this bay is very beautiful.

Information

Traditional
Radical
Strokes12
StructureLeft-Right
Frequency#2498
Zhuyinㄨㄢ
Components
UnicodeU+6E7E
CangjieEYPN
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