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tiǎn

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tiǎn Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
tiǎn | tian3
English translation
to lick
to lap
to lick, to taste

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About tiǎn

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Number of strokes

14

Traditional form

tiǎn

Contains the radical

shé

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

tongue

Etymology of tiǎn

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

舌忝

Semantic compound

shé

Phonetic compound

tiǎn

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Example sentences using tiǎn

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他们 tā men zài 黑暗 hēi àn Zhōng Wéi zhāo Dōng 探西,仿 fǎng 一群 xiǎo gǒu 围着狗在 gěi tiǎn 伤口 shāng kǒu .

They felt for it in the darkness like pups licking the wounds of their mother.

kān zhāo māo tiǎn 胡须 húxū shǎng de 牛奶 niúnǎi .

He watched the cat cleaning the milk off her whiskers.

māo gǒu tiǎn Shuǐ .

Cats and dogs lap water.

zhǐ māo 很快牛奶 niúnǎi tiǎn guāng le .

The cat quickly lapped up all the milk.

dǎo zài 碟子 dié zi de 牛奶 niúnǎi 很快 bèi tiǎn guāng le .

The milk you put out in the saucer was quickly lapped up.

Words with tiǎn

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
tiǎn to lick tiǎn
舔屁股 tiǎn pì gu to kiss sb's ass舔屁股 tiǎn pì gu

tiǎn Decomposition & Compounds

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tiǎn Decomposition

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