# 浅 (qiǎn)

In Mandarin Chinese, 浅 (qiǎn) means “shallow; light (color)”. It is part of the HSK 4 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: shallow; light (color)
- Pinyin: qiǎn (qian3)
- Traditional: 淺
- HSK 3.0 · Level 4
- HSK 2.0 · Level 5
- Other readings: jiān — sound of moving water

## Examples

- 这条小河的水很浅，非常安全。
  Zhè tiáo xiǎohé de shuǐ hěn qiǎn, fēicháng ānquán.
  The water in this small river is very shallow, so it is safe.

https://hanziro.com/word/qian-shallow/

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