闪
shǎnShǎn HSK4

flash

闪 (閃) shǎn frequency
flash verb
lightning, a spark, or to shine briefly; to flash across one's mind

漆黑的夜空中，雷电突然闪了一下。

qī​hēi de yè​kōng zhōng, léi​diàn tū​rán shǎn le yī​xià.

In the pitch-black night sky, lightning suddenly flashed.

dodge verb
to dodge, duck out of the way, or leave quickly

他往旁边一闪，躲开了那个球。

tā wǎng páng​biān yī shǎn, duǒ​kāi le nà​gè qiú.

He darted to the side and dodged the ball.

dazzling verb
internet slang describing a display of affection that is blindingly or 'dazzlingly' sweet

你们两个在大街上秀恩爱，简直太闪了！

nǐ​men liǎng gè zài dà​jiē shàng xiù ēn'ài, jiǎn​zhí tài shǎn le!

You two are showing off your love in the middle of the street; it's absolutely blinding!

leave behind verb
to leave someone behind or abandon them unexpectedly

大家突然都走了，把我一个人闪在路边。

dà​jiā tū​rán dōu zǒu le, bǎ wǒ yī gè rén shǎn zài lù​biān.

Everyone left suddenly, leaving me stranded by the side of the road.

sprain verb
to sprain a joint, pull a muscle, or be shaken by a fall

我不小心闪了腰。

wǒ bù xiǎo​xīn shǎn le yāo.

I accidentally strained my back.

闪 (閃) Shǎn
Shan proper name
surname Shan

闪先生是这家公司的负责人。

Shǎn xiān​sheng shì zhè jiā gōng​sī de fù​zé​rén.

Mr. Shan is the person in charge of this company.

Frequency
Character
Written text
1,113th most common 131.4 per million
Movie subtitles
1,185th most common 72.8 per million appears in 27% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
28.1 per million appears in 10% of films
Written text
36.9 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 5
HSK 3.0
Level 4
Traditional
閃
Strokes
5
Unicode
U+95EA

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)