| 淺 | [ jiān ] sound of moving water |
| 淺 | [ qiǎn ] shallow, light (color) |
| 淺嘗 | [ qiǎn cháng ] dilettante, amateur, to dabble in, to flirt with (a topic) |
| 淺嘗者 | [ qiǎn cháng zhě ] dilettante, amateur, dabbler |
| 淺嘗輒止 | [ qiǎn cháng zhé zhǐ ] to dabble and stop (idiom); to dip into, to attempt half-heartedly, content with a smattering of knowledge |
| 淺嚐 | [ qiǎn cháng ] dilettante, amateur, to dabble in, to flirt with (a topic) |
| 淺嚐者 | [ qiǎn cháng zhě ] dilettante, amateur, dabbler |
| 淺嚐輒止 | [ qiǎn cháng zhé zhǐ ] to dabble and stop (idiom); to dip into, to attempt half-heartedly, content with a smattering of knowledge, also written 淺嘗輒止|浅尝辄止 |
| 淺學 | [ qiǎn xué ] shallow study, superficial, scant knowledge |
| 淺層文字 | [ qiǎn céng wén zì ] shallow orthography (governed by simple rules) |
| 淺希近求 | [ qiǎn xī jìn qiú ] to aim low, to aim to get by, without lofty ambition |
| 淺易 | [ qiǎn yì ] easy, simple, suitable for beginners |
| 淺析 | [ qiǎn xī ] primary, elementary or coarse analysis |
| 淺水 | [ qiǎn shuǐ ] shallow water |
| 淺浮雕 | [ qiǎn fú ] bas-relief |
| 淺海 | [ qiǎn haǐ ] shallow sea, sea less than 200 meters deep |
| 淺淡 | [ qiǎn dàn ] light (color), pale, vague (feeling) |
| 淺深 | [ qiǎn shēn ] depth (archaic) |
| 淺源地震 | [ qiǎn yuán dì zhèn ] shallow earthquake (with epicenter less than 70 km deep) |
| 淺灘 | [ qiǎn tān ] shallows, shoal, sandbar |
| 淺灘指示浮標 | [ qiǎn tān zhǐ shì fú ] bar buoy, buoy marking shallows or sandbar |
| 淺白 | [ qiǎn baí ] simple, easy to understand |
| 淺短 | [ qiǎn duǎn ] narrow and shallow (knowledge or skill), superficial |
| 淺礁 | [ qiǎn ] shallow reef, shoal |
| 淺耕 | [ qiǎn gēng ] to scratch, shallow plowing |
| 淺色 | [ qiǎn sè ] light color |
| 淺草 | [ qiǎn caǒ ] Asakusa, district of Tokyo with an atmosphere of old Japan, famous for the 7th century Buddhist temple, Sensō-ji |
| 淺薄 | [ qiǎn bó ] superficial |
| 淺見 | [ qiǎn jiàn ] shallow opinion, humble opinion |
| 淺說 | [ qiǎn shuō ] simple introduction, primer |
| 淺近 | [ qiǎn jìn ] simple |
| 淺陋 | [ qiǎn loù ] shallow and crude, meager (knowledge or skill) |
| 淺露 | [ qiǎn lù ] blunt, direct (i.e. not tactful) |
| 淺顯 | [ qiǎn xiǎn ] plain, clear, obvious |
| 淺鮮 | [ qiǎn xiǎn ] meager, slight |
| 淺黃色 | [ qiǎn huáng sè ] buff, pale yellow |
| 淺黑 | [ qiǎn heī ] dark, gray, (of skin) lightly pigmented |
| ⇒ 中途擱淺 | [ zhōng tú gē qiǎn ] to run aground in mid-course, to run into difficulty and stop |
| ⇒ 交情匪淺 | [ qíng feǐ qiǎn ] to be very close, to understand each other |
| ⇒ 交淺言深 | [ qiǎn yán shēn ] to talk intimately while being comparative strangers (idiom) |
| ⇒ 受益匪淺 | [ shoù yì feǐ qiǎn ] to benefit (from) |
| ⇒ 大淺盤 | [ dà qiǎn pán ] platter |
| ⇒ 害人不淺 | [ haì rén bù qiǎn ] to cause a lot of trouble, to inflict much suffering |
| ⇒ 才疏學淺 | [ caí shū xué qiǎn ] (humble expr.) of humble talent and shallow learning (idiom); Pray forgive my ignorance,... |
| ⇒ 擱淺 | [ gē qiǎn ] to be stranded (of ship), to run aground, fig. to run into difficulties and stop |
| ⇒ 水淺養不住大魚 | [ shuǐ qiǎn yǎng bù zhù dà yú ] lit. shallow waters cannot harbor big fish (idiom), fig. ambitious, talented people cannot reach their full potential in a small organization |
| ⇒ 浮淺 | [ fú qiǎn ] skin-deep, superficial, shallow |
| ⇒ 淤淺 | [ yū qiǎn ] to silt up |
| ⇒ 深入淺出 | [ shēn rù qiǎn chū ] to explain a complicated subject matter in simple terms (idiom), (of language) simple and easy to understand |
| ⇒ 深淺 | [ shēn qiǎn ] deep or shallow, depth (of the sea), limits of decorum |
| ⇒ 目光短淺 | [ mù guāng duǎn qiǎn ] to be shortsighted |
| ⇒ 眼皮子淺 | [ yǎn pí zi qiǎn ] short-sighted |
| ⇒ 短淺 | [ duǎn qiǎn ] narrow and shallow |
| ⇒ 粗淺 | [ cū qiǎn ] shallow, superficial |
| ⇒ 脫淺 | [ tuō qiǎn ] to refloat (a boat that has run aground) |
| ⇒ 膚淺 | [ fū qiǎn ] skin-deep, superficial, shallow |
| ⇒ 見識淺 | [ jiàn shi qiǎn ] short-sighted |
| ⇒ 資淺 | [ zī qiǎn ] inexperienced, junior (employee etc) |