"Tan" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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谈 tán to speak / to talk / to converse / to chat / to discuss
弹 tán to pluck (a string) / to play (a string instrument) / to spring or leap / to shoot (e.g. with a catapult) / (of cotton) to fluff or tease / to flick / to flip / to accuse / to impeach / elastic (of materials)
探 tàn to explore / to search out / to scout / to visit / to stretch forward
坦 tǎn flat / open-hearted / level / smooth
叹 tàn variant of 嘆|叹[tan4]
坛 tán earthen jar
贪 tān to have a voracious desire for / to covet / greedy / corrupt
滩 tān beach / shoal / rapids / CL:片[pian4] / classifier for liquids: pool, puddle
谭 tán variant of 談|谈[tan2]
摊 tān to spread out / vendor's stand
炭 tàn wood charcoal / coal
毯 tǎn blanket / rug
碳 tàn carbon (chemistry)
潭 tán deep pool / pond / pit (dialect) / depression
瘫 tān paralyzed
痰 tán phlegm / spittle
檀 tán sandalwood / hardwood / purple-red
坍 tān to collapse
袒 tǎn old variant of 袒[tan3]
忐 tǎn nervous
澹 Tán surname Tan
昙 tán dark clouds
覃 tán deep
郯 Tán surname Tan / name of an ancient city
钽 tǎn tantalum (chemistry)
锬 tán long spear
镡 tán surname Tan
襢 tǎn to bare
醰 tán bitter taste in wine / rich / full flavored
罈 tán earthen jar
禫 tǎn sacrifice at the end of mourning
贉 tǎn pay an advance / silk book cover
黮 tán black, dark / unclear / private
餤 tán to advance
嗿 tǎn sound of many people eating
菼 tǎn Miscanthus sacchariflorus (Amur silvergrass) / Miscanthus sinensis (feather grass)
醓 tǎn brine of pickled meat
怹 tān he / she / (courteous, as opposed to 他[ta1])
榃 tán raised path between fields
驔 tán black horse
墰 tán variant of 罈|坛[tan2]
壜 tán variant of 罈|坛[tan2]
罎 tán variant of 罈|坛[tan2]
啴 tān used in 嘽嘽|啴啴[tan1 tan1]
倓 tán quiet / peaceful
墵 tán old variant of 壜[tan2]
惔 tán to burn
璮 tǎn a kind of jade
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