添 (tiān)
To add; to increase.
How 添 is written
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 氵 — water
- Traditional
- 添
- Simplified
- 添 (unchanged)
Common words using 添
- 增添 zēngtiān
- to add; to increase
- 添加 tiānjiā
- to add; to increase
- 加添 jiātiān
- augment; add
- 如虎添翼 rúhǔtiānyì
- lit. like a tiger that has grown wings; with redoubled power (idiom)
- 添丁 tiāndīng
- to add a son to the family
- 添加劑 tiānjiājì
- additive; food additive
- 添油加醋 tiānyóujiācù
- lit. to add oil and vinegar; fig. adding details while tellling a story (to make it more interesting)
- 添置 tiānzhì
- to buy; to acquire; to add to one's possessions
- 添補 tiānbu
- to fill (up); to replenish
- 畫蛇添足 huàshétiānzú
- lit. draw legs on a snake (idiom); fig. to ruin the effect by adding sth superfluous; to overdo it
- 錦上添花 jǐnshàngtiānhuā
- lit. on brocade, add flowers (idiom); to decorate sth already perfect; gilding the lily
添 in a sentence
你要不要再添一點飯？
Nǐ yào bú yào zài tiān yìdiǎn fàn?
“Would you like to add a little more rice?”
How common is 添?
添 is the 1,856th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 96.6% of all running text.
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