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tàn

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tàn Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
tàn | tan4
English translation
to sigh
to gasp
to exclaim
variant of tàn
> tàn [tàn]
to sigh, to admire

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About tàn

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Number of strokes

5

Traditional form

tàn

Contains the radical

kǒu

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

Learning hint

A mouth  kǒu exhaling yòu

Etymology of tàn

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

口又

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Example sentences using tàn

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tàn le kǒu , zhàn le 起来 qǐlai , 不由自主 bù yóu zì zhǔ de hǎo 裙子 qúnzi ,平头 píng tóu .

She sighed, stood up, automatically adjusted her skirt and smoothed her hair.

dāng 表示 biǎoshì yāo 可爱 kěài de xiǎo ǎi 种马 zhǒng mǎ gěi de 时候 shíhou ,娇滴滴 jiāo dī dī 地叹 le kǒu ,谢绝 xièjué le .

She refused the dear little pony with such a delicate sigh when he offered it.

Huán duì chūn yuè wèi Néng gěi shēng 孙子 Sūnzǐ ér 常常 cháng cháng 长吁短叹 cháng xū duǎn tàn .

He also dwelt on the failure of Spring Moon to give her a grandson.

心里 xīn li de 全部 quánbù chūn zhī 奔放 bēn fàng dōu yóu shēng 得意 déyì de 叹息 tàn xī 透露 tòulù le 出来 chū lái .

And all the rush of the spring within him escaped in a triumphant sigh.

看见 kànjiàn Lín xiān shēng 急苦 le ,寿生姑且 gūqiě 安慰 ānwèi zhāo , 忍不住 rěnbuzhù tàn 了一 kǒu .

Shousheng tried to comfort Mr. Lin, though he couldn't help sighing himself.

Words with tàn

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
惊叹 jīng tàn a gasp of surprise驚嘆
tàn to sigh tàn
叹息 tàn xī to sigh嘆息
感叹 gǎn tàn to lament感嘆
叹气 tànqì to sigh嘆氣
赞叹 zàntàn to exclaim in admiration讚嘆
叹为观止 tàn wéi guān zhǐ (idiom) to gasp in amazement嘆為觀止
长叹 cháng tàn long sigh長嘆
感叹号 gǎn tàn hào exclamation mark ! (punct.)感嘆號
哀叹 aī tàn to sigh哀嘆
唉声叹气 aī shēng tàn qì to heave deep sighs唉聲嘆氣
悲叹 bēi tàn to bewail悲嘆
慨叹 kǎi tàn lament慨嘆
惊叹号 jīng tàn hào exclamation mark ! (punct.)驚嘆號
叹服 tàn fú (to gasp) with admiration嘆服
咏叹调 yǒng tàn diào aria詠嘆調
赞叹不已 zàn tàn bù yǐ to be full of praise (idiom)贊嘆不已
感叹词 gǎn tàn cí exclamation感嘆詞
叹词 tàn cí interjection嘆詞
可叹 kě tàn lamentable可嘆
长吁短叹 cháng xū duǎn tàn long moan and short gasp (idiom); continually moaning and groaning in pain長吁短嘆
自叹不如 zì tàn bù rú to consider oneself as being not as good as the others自嘆不如
叹惜 tàn xī sigh of regret嘆惜

tàn Decomposition & Compounds

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tàn Decomposition

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