散 sàn

1. sàn verb to scatter
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: For example, 兵没粮草自散 'if troops do not have provisions then they will disperse by themselves' (CC-CEDICT '散'; Guoyu '散' sàn v 1; Kroll 2015 '散' sàn 1, p. 395; Suyu, p. 51; Unihan '散'; XHZD '散' sàn 1, p. 645)
2. sàn verb to spread
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (CC-CEDICT '散'; Guoyu '散' sàn v 2; Kroll 2015 '散' sàn 1a, p. 395; XHZD '散' sàn 2, p. 645)
3. sàn verb to dispel
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (XHZD '散' sàn 3, p. 646)
4. sàn verb to fire; to discharge
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (CC-CEDICT '散'; Guoyu '散' sàn v 4; XHZD '散' sàn 4, p. 646)
5. sǎn adjective relaxed; idle
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (Guoyu '散' sǎn adj 3; Kroll 2015 '散' sǎn 1, p. 396; XHZD '散' sǎn 1, p. 645)
6. sǎn adjective scattered
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (XHZD '散' sǎn 2, p. 645)
7. sǎn noun powder; powdered medicine
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (CC-CEDICT '散'; Guoyu '散' sǎn n 1; Kroll 2015 '散' sǎn 2a, p. 396; XHZD '散' sǎn 3, p. 645)
8. sàn verb to squander
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '散' sàn 1b, p. 395)
9. sàn verb to give up
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '散' sàn 2, p. 395)
10. sàn verb to be distracted
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (CC-CEDICT '散'; Guoyu '散' sàn v 3; Kroll 2015 '散' sàn 3, p. 395)
11. sǎn verb not regulated; lax
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Guoyu '散' sǎn v 1; Kroll 2015 '散' sǎn 1a, p. 396; XHZD '散' sǎn 1, p. 645)
12. sǎn adjective not systematic; chaotic
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Guoyu '散' sǎn adj 4; Kroll 2015 '散' sǎn 1b, p. 396)
13. sǎn verb to grind into powder
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '散' sǎn 2, p. 396)
14. sǎn noun a melody
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '散' sǎn 3, p. 396)
15. sàn verb to flee; to escape
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: In the sense of 逃走 (Guoyu '散' sàn v 5)
16. sǎn proper noun San
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
    Notes: (Guoyu '散' sǎn n 2)

Contained in

• 懒散(懶散) inactive; careless; lazy; indolent; negligent
• 散架 to fall apart; exhaustion
• 散漫 undisciplined; unorganized
• 散布(散佈) to spread; to scatter; to diffuse; to sprinkle; to disseminate
• 不见不散(不見不散) Even if we don't see each other, don't give up and leave; Be sure to wait!; See you there!
• 散弹(散彈) (gun) shot; canister shot
• 散会(散會) to disperse a meeting; to adjourn; finished
• 解散 to scatter ; to disband ; to dismiss
• 散弹枪(散彈槍) shotgun
• 辐射散射(輻射散射) radiation scattering
• 走散 to wander off; to stray; to get lost
• 散席 end of a banquet
• 分散和弦 arpeggio
• 散斑成像 speckle imaging
• 散打 mixed martial arts
• 败散(敗散) defeated and scattered
• 散匪 scattered bandits; random jottings; marginal notes
• 不扩散核武器条约(不擴散核武器條約) Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons
• 闲散(閑散) idle; unused; at leisure
• 散碎 in fragments
• 零散 scattered
• 散座 single seat (in theater); irregular passenger (in rickshaw)
• 散逸层(散逸層) exosphere
• 散工 to release from work at the end of the day
• 无业闲散(無業閑散) unemployed and idle
• 松散物料(鬆散物料) diffuse medium (liquid or gas)
• 不欢而散(不歡而散) to part on bad terms; (of a meeting etc) to break up in discord
• 离散性(離散性) discreteness
• 散热器护栅(散熱器護柵) radiator grille
• 蓬散 loose; ruffled; disheveled
• 溃散(潰散) defeated; routed
• 核不扩散(核不擴散) nuclear nonproliferation
• 散居 to live scattered
• 散职(散職) sinecure
• 散束 scattering of bundle (of electrons in vacuum tube); debunching
• 弥散(彌散) to dissipate everywhere (of light, sound, gas etc)
• 散伙饭(散伙飯) farewell dinner party
• 散乱(散亂) in disorder; messy
• 扩散周知(擴散周知) to let everyone know; spread the word!
• 散焦 to defocus; bokeh
• 光纤分散式资料介面(光纖分散式資料介面) fiber distributed data interface; FDDI
• 分散 to scatter; to disperse ; to distribute; to issue
• 披头散发(披頭散髮) with dishevelled hair
• 散戏(散戲) end of a show
• 散尽(散盡) to be totally dispersed (crowd)
• 蓬头散发(蓬頭散髮) disheveled
• 和散那 Hosanna
• 遣散 to disband; to dismiss
• 疏散措施 evacuation; measures to evacuate a building in an emergency

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Collocations

• 酌散 (酌散) 酌散 — The Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial 儀禮, 燕禮 第六 6. Banquet rites — count: 11
• 散爵 (散爵) 以散爵獻士及群有司 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《祭統》 A Summary Account of Sacrifices — count: 9
• 执散 (執散) 有執散爵者 — The Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial 儀禮, 燕禮 第六 6. Banquet rites — count: 8
• 实散 (實散) 升實散 — The Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial 儀禮, 燕禮 第六 6. Banquet rites — count: 6
• 民散 (民散) 政荒民散 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧唐‧山有樞 Lessons from the states - Odes of Tang - Shan You Shu — count: 6
• 散带 (散帶) 散帶絰 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《雜記上》 Miscellaneous Records I — count: 5
• 散地 (散地) 有散地 — Art of War 孫子兵法, 孫子兵法 The Art of War by Sunzi — count: 5
• 散鹿 (散鹿) 散鹿臺之財 — Book of Documents 尚書, 周書 武成 Zhou Shu - Successful Completion of the War — count: 4
• 能散 (能散) 積而能散 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《曲禮上》 Summary of the Rules of Propriety Part 1 — count: 4
• 散宜 (散宜) 有若散宜生 — Book of Documents 尚書, 周書 君奭 Zhou Shu - Prince Shi — count: 4