趁
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to avail oneself of; to take advantage of
- HSK 3.0
- Level 7–9
- Old HSK
- Level 5
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 走 +5
- Structure
- Lower-left enclosure 左下包
- Traditional
- 趁
- Common rank
- #2,754
- Unicode
- U+8D81
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Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
How to remember it
take advantage of · Heisig RSH #2707
cocktail + 走 walk
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 趁
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 打铁趁热 | see 趁熱打鐵|趁热打铁[chen4 re4 da3 tie3] | |
| 趁热打铁 | to strike while the iron is hot | |
| 趁人之危 | to take advantage of sb's difficulties (idiom) | |
| 趁火打劫 | (lit.) to loot a burning house (idiom); (fig.) to take advantage of sb's misfortune | |
| 趁早儿 | erhua variant of 趁早[chen4 zao3] | |
| 趁心 | variant of 稱心|称心[chen4 xin1] | |
| 趁机 | to seize an opportunity | |
| 趁手 | conveniently; without extra trouble; convenient; handy | |
| 趁热 | while it's still hot | |
| 趁钱 | variant of 稱錢|称钱[chen4 qian2] | |
| 趁便 | to take the opportunity; in passing | |
| 趁势 | to take advantage of a favorable situation; to seize an opportunity | |
| 趁早 | as soon as possible; at the first opportunity; the sooner the better; before it's too late | |
| 趁愿 | variant of 稱願|称愿[chen4 yuan4] |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 㐱 — compare how they read.