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tān

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tān Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
tān | tan1
English translation
collapse; landslide

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About tān

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Number of strokes

7

Traditional form

tān

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

Learning hint

earth

Etymology of tān

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

土丹

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

dān

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and dān represents the sound.

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Example sentences using tān

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zài tān suō 过程 guòchéng Zhōng , àn yún 碎裂 suì liè wéi 稠密 chóumì de tuán kuài .

During collapse, the dark cloud " fragments " into a series of dense clumps.

zài 特殊 tèshū 情况 qíngkuàng xià ,蜂窝 fēng wō 坍塌 tān tā , 形成 xíngchéng Jué 砾石 lì shí .

In the extreme case the boxwork collapses, forming a breccia.

kēng 坍塌 tān tā ,汤姆 Tāng mǔ 迪克 Dí kè mái zài 里面 lǐ miàn .

The sides of the pit fell in and buried Tom and Dick.

屋顶 wū dǐng bèi Xuě tān le .

The roof collapsed under the weight of the snow.

洞穴 dòng xué de 顶部 dǐng bù tān le 下来 xià lai , zài 矿工 kuàng gōng 身上 shēn shang .

The roof of the cave dropped in on the miners, trapping them.

Words with tān

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
坍塌 tān tā to collapse坍塌 tān tā
tān to collapse tān
倒坍 dǎo tān to collapse (of building)倒坍 dǎo tān
坍方 tān fāng to collapse坍方 tān fāng
崩坍 bēng tān landslide崩坍 bēng tān

tān Decomposition & Compounds

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