坦 tǎn

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Number of strokes

Traditional form

坦 tǎn

Contains the radical

土 Tǔ

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

Learning hint

earth

Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

⿰土旦

Semantic compound

土 Tǔ

Phonetic compound

旦 dàn

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. 土 Tǔ represents the meaning and 旦 dàn represents the sound.

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史 Shǐ 坦 tǎn 利 Lì 有意识 yǒu yì shí 地 de 露出 lù chū 了 le 几 jī 分 fēn 威胁 wēixié 的 de 口 kǒu 气 qì .

Stanley said, trying to edge some menace into his voice.

县内高等级公路平坦 píngtǎn 宽阔 kuān kuò , 四通八达 sì tōng bā dá .

High grade highways are smooth and wide, and extend in all directions.

这 zhè 一带 yī dài 地 de 形 xíng 平坦 píngtǎn 而 ér 多 duō 沼泽 zhǎozé ,再 zài 往 wǎng 远去地势 dìshì 隆起 lóng qǐ ,形成 xíngchéng 矮 ǎi 山陵地 de .

The land is flat and marshy before rising to a spine of low hills.

戈尔 Gē ěr 蒂 dì 爱泼斯坦上上下下忙 máng 作 zuò 一团.

Goldie Epstein jumped up and down.

爱泼斯坦担心 dānxīn 肿瘤 zhǒngliú 可能 kěnéng 已经 yǐjīng 损伤 sǔn shāng 地 de 的 de 双 Shuāng 腿 tuǐ ,再也 zài yě 无法 wú fǎ 恢复 huīfù .

Epstein worried that the tumor might have damaged Julian's legs beyond recovery.

Explore 23 words and sayings that include the Chinese character 坦 tǎn in their composition.

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Simplified	Meaning	Traditional
坦白 tǎnbái	honest	坦白 tǎnbái
巴基斯坦 Bā jī sī tǎn	Pakistan	巴基斯坦 Bā jī sī tǎn
巴勒斯坦 Bā lè sī tǎn	Palestine	巴勒斯坦 Bā lè sī tǎn
坦克 tǎn kè	tank (military vehicle) (loanword)	坦克 tǎn kè
坦 tǎn	flat	坦 tǎn
坦诚 tǎn chéng	candid	坦誠
坦言 tǎn yán	to say candidly	坦言 tǎn yán
坦然 tǎn rán	calm	坦然 tǎn rán
坦率 tǎnshuài	blunt	坦率 tǎnshuài
爱因斯坦 Aì yīn sī tǎn	Albert Einstein (1879-1955), German-born theoretical physicist	愛因斯坦
哈萨克斯坦 Hā sà kè sī tǎn	Kazakhstan	哈薩克斯坦
平坦 píngtǎn	level	平坦 píngtǎn
斯坦福 Sī tǎn fú	Stanford (University)	斯坦福 Sī tǎn fú
斯坦利 Sī tǎn lì	Stanley (name)	斯坦利 Sī tǎn lì
舒坦 shū tan	comfortable	舒坦 shū tan
乌兹别克斯坦 Wū zī bié kè sī tǎn	Uzbekistan	烏茲別克斯坦
坦承 tǎn chéng	to confess	坦承 tǎn chéng
伊斯坦布尔 Yī sī tǎn bù ěr	Istanbul, Turkey	伊斯坦布爾
坦荡 tǎn dàng	magnanimous	坦蕩
吉尔吉斯斯坦 Jí ěr jí sī sī tǎn	Kyrgyzstan	吉爾吉斯斯坦
坦桑尼亚 Tǎn sāng ní yà	Tanzania	坦桑尼亞
泰坦尼克号 Tài tǎn ní kè Hào	RMS Titanic, British passenger liner that sank in 1912	泰坦尼克號
塔吉克斯坦 Tǎ jí kè sī tǎn	Tajikistan	塔吉克斯坦 Tǎ jí kè sī tǎn