shān

to fan

to slap sb on the face

door frame (户) + feathers (羽) = fan; to fan or slap

A fan is feathers mounted on a door-like frame that swings open to move air. Slapping shares the same sweeping motion — a flat surface flung through space.

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A single-leaf doorSemantic
FeathersSemantic

天气太热,她用子扇了扇风。

tiān qì tài rè, tā yòng shàn zi shān le shān fēng。

The weather was too hot, so she fanned the air with a fan.

他一怒之下了对方一巴掌。

tā yī nù zhī xià shān le duì fāng yī bā zhang。

In a fit of anger, he slapped the other person across the face.

Words with 扇

金头扇尾莺

jīn tóu shàn wěi yīng

(bird species of China) golden-headed cisticola (Cisticola exilis)

门扇

mén shàn

door

隔扇

gé shan

partition

电扇

diàn shàn

electric fan

电风扇

diàn fēng shàn

electric fan

风扇

fēng shàn

electric fan

黄腹扇尾鹟

huáng fù shàn wěi wēng

(bird species of China) yellow-bellied fantail; yellow-bellied fairy fantail (Chelidorhynx hypoxanthus)

六扇门

liù shàn mén

seat of the government

合扇

hé shàn

(dialect) hinge

吊扇

diào shàn

a ceiling fan

团扇

tuán shàn

circular fan

塔扇

tǎ shàn

tower fan

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