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dān Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
dān | dan1
English translation
to indulge in
to delay
variant of dān [dān]
to indulge; to delay

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About dān

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Number of strokes

10

Traditional form

dān

Contains the radical

ěr

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

ear

Etymology of dān

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

耳冘

Semantic compound

ěr

Phonetic compound

yín

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. ěr represents the meaning and yín represents the sound. Simplified form of .

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Example sentences using dān

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yāo 耽搁 dān ge ,我们 wǒmen yāo gǎn 火车 huǒ chē ne !

Don't hang around — we have a train to catch!

耽搁 dān ge le xiē 时候 shíhou ——家里 jiā lǐ chū le 点事

I was delayed — something came up at home.

说话 shuōhuà xiàng 糊里糊涂 hú li hú tú 耽于幻想 huànxiǎng de rén

You're talking like an addled romantic.

这些 zhè xiē 法律 fǎlǜ 导致 dǎozhì le 困惑 kùn huò 混乱 hùnluàn 数年 shù nián de 耽搁 dān ge

The laws led to confusion, muddle and years of delay.

每次 měi cì Chéng 公车 gōng chē 出行 chū xíng dōu 至少 zhìshǎo 耽搁 dān ge 3小时 xiǎoshí

Every time she travels on the bus it's delayed by at least three hours.

Words with dān

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
耽误 dānwu to delay耽誤
耽搁 dān ge to tarry耽擱
dān to delay dān
耽溺 dān nì to indulge in耽溺 dān nì

dān Decomposition & Compounds

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dān Decomposition

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