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tǎn

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tǎn Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
tǎn | tan3
English translation
blanket
rug
rug, carpet, blanket

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About tǎn

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Number of strokes

12

Traditional form

tǎn

Contains the radical

Máo

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

Learning hint

fur

Etymology of tǎn

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

毛炎

Semantic compound

Máo

Phonetic compound

yán

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. Máo represents the meaning and yán represents the sound.

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Example sentences using tǎn

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毯子 tǎn zi zài 身上 shēn shang , ” 孩子 háizi shuì .

Keep the blanket around you, " the boy said.

传统 chuántǒng xiù gōng 精湛 jīng zhàn de 中国 Zhōngguó 地毯 dìtǎn ,畅销 chàngxiāo 全球 quán qiú .

Traditional exquisitely woven Chinese carpets sell well all over the world.

不到 bù dào 两分 Zhōng ,我们 wǒmen dōu zài 地毯 dìtǎn shǎng .

Within two minutes we were sprawling across the carpet.

战后 zhàn hòu ,哈里 Hā lǐ kào 出售 chū shòu 剩余 shèng yú de 军用 jūn yòng 毛毯 máo tǎn zhuàn le 大笔 Qián .

Harry made a packet after the war selling surplus army blankets.

宴会厅 yàn huì tīng de 墙上 guà yǒu 壁毯 bì tǎn .

The wall of the banqueting hall were hung with tapestries.

Words with tǎn

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
地毯 dìtǎn carpet地毯 dìtǎn
毯子 tǎn zi blanket毯子 tǎn zi
tǎn rug tǎn
毛毯 máo tǎn blanket毛毯 máo tǎn
电热毯 diàn rè tǎn electric blanket電熱毯
挂毯 guà tǎn tapestry掛毯
地毯式轰炸 dì tǎn shì hōng zhà carpet bombing地毯式轟炸
壁毯 bì tǎn tapestry (used as a wall hanging)壁毯 bì tǎn

tǎn Decomposition & Compounds

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tǎn Decomposition

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