Chinese word dictionary

寒碜

hán chen · ugly; shameful; to ridicule

Word information

Simplified寒碜
Traditional寒磣
Pinyinhán chen
Part of speechDictionary
HSK 3.0Not listed
HSK 2.0Not listed

How to learn 寒碜

Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.

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