"Shallow" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 浅 |  qiǎn | shallow / light (color) |   |
| 肤浅 | fū qiǎn | skin-deep / superficial / shallow | |
| 粗浅 | cū qiǎn | shallow / superficial | |
| 空泛 | kōng fàn | vague and general / not specific / shallow / empty | |
| 粗陋 | cū lòu | crude / coarse / unsophisticated / shallow | |
| 浮浅 | fú qiǎn | skin-deep / superficial / shallow | |
| 鄙陋 | bǐ lòu | superficial / shallow | |
| 浮泛 | fú fàn | to float about / (of a feeling) to show on the face / (of speech, friendship etc) shallow / vague | |
| 谫 | jiǎn | shallow / superficial | |
| 半间不界 | bàn gān bù gà | shallow / not thorough / superficial | |
| 俴 | jiàn | short / shallow / thin plate | |
| 冬烘 | dōng hōng | shallow / uneducated | |
| 空疏 | kōng shū | shallow / empty | |
| 深浅 | shēn qiǎn | deep or shallow / depth (of the sea) / limits of decorum | |
| 浅水 | qiǎn shuǐ | shallow water | |
| 浅见 | qiǎn jiàn | shallow opinion / humble opinion | |
| 浅海 | qiǎn hǎi | shallow sea / sea less than 200 meters deep | |
| 才疏学浅 | cái shū xué qiǎn | (humble expr.) of humble talent and shallow learning (idiom) / Pray forgive my ignorance,... | |
| 不求甚解 | bù qiú shèn jiě | lit. not requiring a detailed understanding (idiom) / only looking for an overview / not bothered with the details / superficial / content with shallow understanding | |
| 短浅 | duǎn qiǎn | narrow and shallow | |
| 踩水 | cǎi shuǐ | to tread water / to paddle or tramp in shallow water | |
| 匾 | biǎn | horizontal rectangular inscribed tablet hung over a door or on a wall / shallow round woven bamboo basket | |
| 皿 | mǐn | (bound form) dish / vessel / shallow container / radical no. 108 | |
| 碛 | qì | (bound form) moraine / rocks in shallow water | |
| 浅层文字 | qiǎn céng wén zì | shallow orthography (governed by simple rules) | |
| 浅层正字法 | qiǎn céng zhèng zì fǎ | shallow orthography | |
| 名重识暗 | míng zhòng shí àn | of great reputation but shallow in knowledge (idiom) | |
| 浅学 | qiǎn xué | shallow study / superficial / scant knowledge | |
| 浅源地震 | qiǎn yuán dì zhèn | shallow earthquake (with epicenter less than 70 km deep) | |
| 浅短 | qiǎn duǎn | narrow and shallow (knowledge or skill) / superficial | |
| 浅礁 | qiǎn jiāo | shallow reef / shoal | |
| 浅耕 | qiǎn gēng | to scratch / shallow plowing | |
| 浅陋 | qiǎn lòu | shallow and crude / meager (knowledge or skill) | |
| 骈偶文风 | pián ǒu wén fēng | early Tang literary style despised as shallow by the classicists | |
| 陆地浅坑掩埋 | shallow land burial | | |
| 开发浅层油气资源国际会议 | International Conference on the Development of Shallow Oil and Gas Resources | | |
| 浅地震 | shallow earthquake | | |
| 浅管井 | shallow tube well / shallow cased well | | |
| 表层一体化 | biǎo céng yī tǐ huà | shallow integration | |
| 叕 | zhuó | to join together / to lack / narrow and shallow | |
| 水浅养不住大鱼 | 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 | |
