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丹

dān

Character

What 丹 means

1. red
2. pellet
3. powder
4. cinnabar

Example sentences

• 我看到丹。
  I see Dan.
• 冰岛曾属于丹麦。
  Bīngdǎo céng shǔyú Dānmài.
  Iceland belonged to Denmark.
• 丹买了台新电脑。
  Dan bought a new computer.
• 乔丹先生突然醒了。
  Qiáodān xiānsheng tūrán xǐng le.
  Mr Jordan woke up suddenly.
• 冰岛以前属于丹麦。
  Bīngdǎo yǐqián shǔyú Dānmài.
  Iceland used to belong to Denmark.
• 丹甚至不住在伦敦。
  Dan didn't even live in London.

Words starting with 丹

• 丹麦Dān màiDenmark
• 丹田dān tiánpubic region; point two inches below the navel where one's qi resides
• 丹青dān qīngpainting
• 丹凤dān fèngred phoenix
• 丹佛Dān fóDenver, Colorado
• 丹心dān xīnloyal heart; loyalty
• 丹方dān fāngfolk remedy
• 丹毒dān dúerysipelas (medicine)
• 丹沙dān shācinnabar (used in TCM)
• 丹瑞Dān RuìGeneral Than Shwe (1933–), Myanmar army officer and politician, leader of the military…
• 丹药dān yàoDaoist elixir
• 丹东市Dān dōng ShìDandong, prefecture-level city in Liaoning Province 辽宁省
• 丹尼索瓦人Dān ní suǒ wǎ rénDenisovan, an extinct species of human
• 丹阳市Dān yáng ShìDanyang, a county-level city in Zhenjiang City 镇江市
• 丹皮dān píthe root bark of the peony tree
• 丹麦包Dān mài bāoDanish pastry
• 丹布朗Dān Bù lǎngDan Brown (American novelist)
• 丹徒区Dān tú QūDantu, a district of Zhenjiang City 镇江市
• 丹彩dān cǎivermilion; rhetorical language
• 丹宁dān níng(loanword) denim; tannin
• 丹江口市Dān jiāng kǒu ShìDanjiangkou, a county-level city in Shiyan City 十堰市
• 丹巴县Dān bā XiànDanba, a county in Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture 甘孜藏族自治州
• 丹寨县Dān zhài XiànDanzhai, a county in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture 黔东南苗族侗族自治州
• 丹衷dān zhōngreal sincerity

Words containing 丹

• 乔丹Qiáo dān(name) Jordan
• 牡丹mǔ dantree peony (Paeonia suffruticosa)
• 苏丹sū dān(loanword) sultan
• 阿姆斯特丹Ā mǔ sī tè dānAmsterdam, capital of Netherlands
• 王丹Wáng DānWang Dan (1969-), Chinese dissident, one of the leaders of the Beijing student democracy…
• 契丹Qì dānQidan or Khitan, ethnic group in ancient China, a branch of the Eastern Hu people…
• 炼丹liàn dānto concoct pills of immortality
• 不丹Bù dānBhutan
• 于丹Yú DānYu Dan (1965–), Chinese scholar and author known for popularizing Chinese classical…
• 内丹nèi dānTaoist internal alchemy
• 外丹wài dānTaoist external alchemy
• 山丹shān dāncoral lily (Lilium pumilum)
• 张丹Zhāng DānZhang Dan (1985-), Chinese figure skater
• 赞丹Zàn dānZaandam (town in Netherlands)
• 银丹yín dānlunar caustic (fused silver nitrate, shaped into a stick and used as a cauterizing agent)
• 伊势丹Yī shì dānIsetan, Japanese department store
• 南苏丹Nán Sū dānSouth Sudan
• 吉兰丹Jí lán dānKelantan (state of Malaysia)
• 太子丹Tài zǐ DānPrince Dan of Yan (–226 BC), commissioned the attempted assassination of King Ying Zheng…
• 拉马丹Lā mǎ dānRamadan (loanword)
• 吉兰丹州Jí lán dān zhōuKelantan sultanate of Malaysia, near Thai border, capital Kota Baharu 哥打巴鲁
• 史丹福大学Shǐ dān fú Dà xuéStanford University
• 摩根士丹利Mó gēn Shì dān lìMorgan Stanley (financial services company)
• 史丹顿岛Shǐ dān dùn DǎoStaten Island, borough of New York City

Characters that look like 丹

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 开kāito open (transitive or intransitive); (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start…
• 册cèbook; booklet; classifier for books
• 升shēngto ascend; to rise; to promote; to elevate; liter
• 井jǐnga well; neat; orderly
• 卉huìplants
• 夯hāngto ram; to tamp; a rammer; a tamper; excellent; exceptionally good

Sounds the same

Read dān, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 单bill; list; form
• 担to undertake; to carry; to shoulder
• 耽to indulge in; to delay
• 聃ears without rim
• 眈used in 眈眈
• 郸used in place names 邯郸
• 殚entirely; to exhaust
• 砃white stone
• 儋carry
• 酖addicted to liquor
• 箪round basket for cooked rice
• 襌garment without a lining