铲

chǎn · chan

Traditional 剷 / 鏟

Meaning

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chǎn 剷

  1. to level off
  2. to root up

chǎn 鏟

  1. to shovel
  2. to remove
  3. spade
  4. shovel

In a sentence

2 examples
01

汤(tāng)姆(mǔ)正(zhèng)要(yào)为(wèi)我(wǒ)们(men)铲(chǎn)掉(diào)屋(wū)顶(dǐng)上(shàng)的(de)雪(xuě)。

Tom is going to shovel the snow off the roof for us.

Tatoeba: Chinese by AwabiJan · English by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

他(tā)用(yòng)铁(tiě)铲(chǎn)把(bǎ)院(yuàn)子(zi)里(lǐ)的(de)土(tǔ)铲(chǎn)平(píng)了(le)。

He used an iron shovel to level the soil in the yard.

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