暫

zàn

temporary

How to write 暫, stroke by stroke

temporary; Taiwan pr. [zhan4]; to scurry; variant of 暂

Pictophonetic: semantic 日 (sun), phonetic 斬

Made of 斬 + 日

暫時zàn shítemporary; provisional; for the time being
暫停zàn tíngto suspend; time-out (e.g. in sports); stoppage; pause (media player)
短暫duǎn zànof short duration; brief; momentary
暫且zàn qiěfor now; for the time being; temporarily
暫緩zàn huǎnto postpone
暫住證zàn zhù zhèngtemporary residence permit
暫定zàn dìngtemporary arrangement; provisional; tentative
暫息zàn xīa lull (in the storm); brief break (in rain)
暫態zàn tàitransient
暫牙zàn yádeciduous tooth; milk tooth; baby tooth; also written 乳齿
暫短zàn duǎnbrief (in time)
暫缺zàn quēcurrently in short supply; in deficit (of commodity); currently vacant (position)

人生十分短暫。
rén shēng shí fēn duǎn zàn 。
Life is very short.
暫時藏在倉庫裡好了。
zàn shí cáng zài cāng kù lǐ hǎo le 。
Hide it inside the warehouse for now.
我要暫時離開。
wǒ yào zàn shí lí kāi 。
I'll be gone for a while.
人生十分短暫，我們不應該浪費時間。
rén shēng shí fēn duǎn zàn ， wǒ mén bù yīng gāi làng fèi shí jiàn 。
Life being very short, we ought not to waste time.
這個問題暫時放在一邊。
zhè gè wèn tí zàn shí fàng zài yì biān 。
That problem has been shelved for the time being.