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诞 dàn

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诞 dàn Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
dàn | dan4
English translation
birth
birthday
brag
boast
to increase
to give birth, to bear children; birth, birthday

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About 诞 dàn

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Number of strokes

8

Traditional form

誕 dàn

Contains the radical

讠 yán

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

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speech

Etymology of 诞 dàn

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

⿰讠延

Semantic compound

讠 yán

Phonetic compound

延 Yán

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. 讠 yán represents the meaning and 延 Yán represents the sound. Simplified form of 誕 dàn .

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Example sentences using 诞 dàn

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我们 wǒmen 在 zài 海边 hǎi biān 租 zū 了 le 一 yī 幢小别墅 biéshù ,以 yǐ 供 gōng 度 dù 圣诞 Shèng dàn 假日 jià rì 之用.

We rented a cottage at the seaside for the Christmas holidays.

哼 hēng , 那里 nà li 有 yǒu 什么 shénme 圣诞老人 Shèng dàn Lǎo rén !

Bah! There is no Santa Claus.

最 zuì 负 fù 盛名 shèng míng 的 de 作品 zuòpǐn 有 yǒu 大型 dàxíng 油画 yóu huà :《春 chūn 》和 hé 《维纳斯 Wéi nà sī 的 de 诞生 dànshēng 》.

The best known the two large panels Primavera and The Birth Venus.

这 zhè 就 jiù 使得 shǐ de 圣诞节 Shèng dàn jié 前 qián 原本 yuán běn 漫长 màncháng 的 de 冬 dōng 月 yuè 显得 xiǎnde 更加 gèng jiā 令人 lìng rén 难 nán 熬 āo 了 le .

It made the already long winter months until Christmas seem even longer.

圣诞树 Shèng dàn shù 上 shǎng 挂 guà 着 zhāo 丰饶 fēng ráo 角 Jué .

Cornucopias are hung on Christmas trees.

Words with 诞 dàn

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
圣诞 Shèng dàn Christmas聖誕
圣诞节 Shèng dàn jié Christmas time聖誕節
诞生 dànshēng to be born誕生
圣诞老人 Shèng dàn Lǎo rén Father Christmas聖誕老人
圣诞树 Shèng dàn shù Christmas tree聖誕樹
诞辰 dànchén birthday誕辰
荒诞 huāng dàn beyond belief荒誕
诞 dàn birth誕 dàn
怪诞 guài dàn freak怪誕
圣诞卡 Shèng dàn kǎ Christmas card聖誕卡
华诞 huá dàn (formal) birthday華誕
荒诞不经 huāng dàn bù jīng absurd荒誕不經
圣诞红 shèng dàn hóng poinsettia (Euphorbia pulcherrima)聖誕紅
耶诞节 Yē dàn jié Christmas (Tw)耶誕節
荒诞无稽 huāng dàn wú jī ridiculous荒誕無稽
放诞 fàng dàn untrammeled放誕
诞育 dàn yù to give birth to誕育
怪诞不经 guài dàn bù jīng uncanny怪誕不經
放诞不羁 fàng dàn bù jī wanton and unrestrained (idiom); dissolute放誕不羈

诞 dàn Decomposition & Compounds

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诞 dàn Decomposition

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