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倘

tǎng

HSK 6 Character

What 倘 means

1. if; supposing; in case

Other readings

倘 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• chángused in {倘佯|cháng yáng}

Words starting with 倘

• 倘若tǎng ruòif; supposing; in case
• 倘如tǎng rúif
• 倘或tǎng huòif; supposing that
• 倘然tǎng ránif; supposing that; leisurely
• 倘能如此tǎng néng rú cǐif this can be done
• 倘佯cháng yángvariant of 徜徉

Characters built on 尚

These share the phonetic component 尚 (shàng), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 敞chǎngopen to the view of all; spacious; to open wide
• 躺tǎngto recline; to lie down
• 趟tàngclassifier for times, round trips or rows; a time; a trip
• 淌tǎngto drip; to trickle; to shed (tears)
• 徜chángsit cross-legged; walk back and forth
• 惝chǎngdisappointed; listless; frightened
• 绱shàngto sole a shoe

Characters that look like 倘

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

• 做zuòto make; to produce; to write; to compose; to do; to engage in; to hold (a party etc)
• 描miáoto depict; to trace (a drawing); to copy
• 偏piānto lean; to slant; oblique
• 俩liǎtwo (colloquial equivalent of 两个); both; some
• 淌tǎngto drip; to trickle; to shed (tears)
• 娼chāngprostitute

Sounds the same

Read tǎng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 躺to recline; to lie down
• 淌to drip; to trickle; to shed (tears)
• 帑state treasury; public funds
• 埫flat land; (used in place names)
• 镋ancient weapon resembling a pitchfork
• 傥(literary) variant of 倘; used in 倜傥