Chinese symbol for “sparkling”
闪闪
shǎn shǎn
Traditional: 閃閃
flickering; sparkling; glistening; glittering
The closest CC-CEDICT match for sparkling is 闪闪 (shǎn shǎn), defined as: flickering; sparkling; glistening; glittering.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “sparkling”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 皦 | jiǎo | sparkling; bright |
| 气泡 (氣泡) | qì pào | bubble; blister (in metal) |
| 发泡 (發泡) | fā pào | to produce foam; (of a beverage) fizzy |
| 起泡 | qǐ pào | to bubble; to foam |
| 带气 (帶氣) | dài qì | carbonated (drink); sparkling (mineral water) |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 闪闪.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 闪电 (閃電) | shǎn diàn | lightning; measure word: 道 (dào) |
| 闪亮 (閃亮) | shǎn liàng | brilliant; shiny |
| 闪耀 (閃耀) | shǎn yào | to glint; to glitter |
| 闪烁 (閃爍) | shǎn shuò | to glisten; to glitter; to twinkle; to flicker; to be evasive; to equivocate |
| 闪光 (閃光) | shǎn guāng | flash |
See also: Japanese symbol for “sparkling”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.