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tān

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tān Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
tān | tan1
English translation
to spread out
vendor's stand
to spread out, to open, to allot; a merchant's stand

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About tān

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Number of strokes

13

Traditional form

tān

Contains the radical

shǒu

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

hand

Etymology of tān

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

扌难

Semantic compound

shǒu

Phonetic compound

nán

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. shǒu represents the meaning and nán represents the sound. Simplified form of tān .

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Example sentences using tān

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dōu 帮忙 bāngmáng .他们 tā men ài 这个 zhè ge . duō zán 他们 tā men xiàng le 一摊,他们 tā men cái 觉得 juéde shǎng le suàn ,他们 tā men 满意 mǎnyì , Huán zuò 义务 yìwù de 宣传 xuānchuán .

They were pleased and satisfied; they advertised me to their friends.

利尔 jiù 这样 zhè yàng yòu 谨慎 jǐnshèn yòu 活跃 huóyuè de tóng 那个 nà ge 饭摊 pāo shǎng le .

Collier and I infested the grub tent with care and activity.

zài 转角 zhuǎn jiǎo chǔ de 餐饮 cān yǐn tān le bēi 百事可乐 Bǎi shì Kě lè .

I had a pepsi at a refreshment booth round the corner.

克罗伊 dūn 公爵 gōng jué 仔细 zǐxì 察看 chá kàn zhāo Zhāng tān kāi de āi Suǒ 公路 gōng lù .

The Duke of Croydon proed over an opened Esso road map.

měi rén tān 20 Yuán Qián .

Each will contribute 20 yuan.

Words with tān

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
tān to spread out tān
烂摊子 làn tān zi terrible mess爛攤子
摊位 tān wèi vendor's booth攤位
摊牌 tān pái to lay one's cards on the table攤牌
分摊 fēn tān to apportion分攤
摊子 tān zi booth攤子
摆摊 bǎi tān to set up a vendor's stall in the street擺攤
摊点 tān diǎn place for a vendor's stall攤點
摊贩 tān fàn peddler攤販
报摊 bào tān newsstand報攤
地摊 dì tān street stall with goods laid out on the ground地攤
摊派 tān pài to demand contributions攤派
摊开 tān kāi to spread out攤開
小摊 xiǎo tān vendor's stall小攤
平摊 píng tān to spread out平攤
货摊 huò tān vendor's stall貨攤
摆地摊 bǎi dì tān lit. to set up a stall on the ground擺地攤
摊档 tān dàng (dialect) vendor's stall攤檔
均摊 jūn tān to share equally均攤

tān Decomposition & Compounds

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tān Decomposition

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