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tǎn

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tǎn Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
tǎn | tan3
English translation
to strip, to bare

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About tǎn

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Number of strokes

10

Traditional form

tǎn

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

clothes

Etymology of tǎn

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

衤旦

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

dàn

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and dàn represents the sound. Simplified form of tǎn .

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Example sentences using tǎn

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塔夫脱抱怨 bàoyuàn 法律 fǎlǜ 如此 rú cǐ 偏袒 piān tǎn 罪犯 zuìfàn 审判 shěnpàn 看来 kàn lai 像是一场碰运气 pèng yùn qi de 游戏 yóuxì

Taft grumbled that the law so favored the criminal that trials seemed like a game of chance.

Words with tǎn

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
袒护 tǎn hù to take sb's side袒護
偏袒 piān tǎn to bare one shoulder偏袒 piān tǎn
tǎn to bare tǎn
袒露 tǎn lù to expose袒露 tǎn lù

tǎn Decomposition & Compounds

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