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Parasol in Chinese

parasol · HSK 3

伞 sǎn

Counted with 把: 一把伞 yì bǎ sǎn

外面下雨了,带把伞吧。 It's raining outside; take an umbrella.

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How do you say parasol in Chinese?

Parasol in Chinese is 伞 (sǎn).

Which word should I use?

Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.

Where do these words come from?

The CC-CEDICT dictionary’s meanings for the official HSK word list. A word is shown for an English word when that is one of its first meanings; the easiest word whose first meaning it is comes first.

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