"Tan" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 tán to speak / to talk / to converse / to chat / to discuss
 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)
 tàn to explore / to search out / to scout / to visit / to stretch forward
 tǎn flat / open-hearted / level / smooth
 tàn variant of 嘆|叹[tan4]
 tán earthen jar
 tān to have a voracious desire for / to covet / greedy / corrupt
 tān beach / shoal / rapids / CL:片[pian4] / classifier for liquids: pool, puddle
 tán variant of 談|谈[tan2]
 tān to spread out / vendor's stand
 tàn wood charcoal / coal
 tǎn blanket / rug
 tàn carbon (chemistry)
 tán deep pool / pond / pit (dialect) / depression
 tān paralyzed
 tán phlegm / spittle
 tán sandalwood / hardwood / purple-red
 tān to collapse
 tǎn old variant of 袒[tan3]
 tǎn nervous
 Tán surname Tan
 tán dark clouds
 tán deep
 Tán surname Tan / name of an ancient city
 tǎn tantalum (chemistry)
 tán long spear
 tán surname Tan
 tǎn to bare
 tán bitter taste in wine / rich / full flavored
 tán earthen jar
 tǎn sacrifice at the end of mourning
 tǎn pay an advance / silk book cover
 tán black, dark / unclear / private
 tán to advance
 tǎn sound of many people eating
 tǎn Miscanthus sacchariflorus (Amur silvergrass) / Miscanthus sinensis (feather grass)
 tǎn brine of pickled meat
 tān he / she / (courteous, as opposed to 他[ta1])
 tán raised path between fields
 tán black horse
 tán variant of 罈|坛[tan2]
 tán variant of 罈|坛[tan2]
 tán variant of 罈|坛[tan2]
 tān used in 嘽嘽|啴啴[tan1 tan1]
 tán quiet / peaceful
 tán old variant of 壜[tan2]
 tán to burn
 tǎn a kind of jade
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