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坛

tán

HSK 6 Character Traditional 壇

What 坛 means

1. altar
2. platform; rostrum
3. bound form(sporting, literary etc) circles; world

Other readings

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

• tánearthen jar

Example sentences

• 杂草完全占据了花坛。
  Zácǎo wánquán zhànjù le huātán.
  The weeds have completely overtaken the garden bed.
• 京都的祭坛和寺院出名的。
  Jīngdū de jìtán hé sìyuàn chūmíng de.
  Kyoto is famous for its shrines and temples.
• 我在这些论坛上没有帐号。
  I do not have an account in these forums.
• 穿过花园时，请勿践踏花坛。
  Please don’t stomp on the flower beds when you walk through the garden.
• 京都以它的祭坛和寺院而闻名。
  Kyoto is famous for its shrines and temples.
• 在我的城市的所有花园里，践踏花坛是违法的。
  Zài wǒ de chéngshì de suǒyǒu huāyuán lǐ, jiàntà huātán shì wéifǎ de.
  In all of the gardens in my city it is illegal to trample the flower beds.

Words starting with 坛

• 坛子tán zijug (earthenware with a big belly and a small opening)

Words containing 坛

• 论坛lùn tánforum (for discussion)
• 文坛wén tánliterary circles
• 天坛Tiān tánTemple of Heaven (in Beijing)
• 乐坛yuè tánmusic circles; music world
• 体坛tǐ tánsporting circles; the world of sport
• 歌坛gē tánsinging stage; music business (esp. pop music)
• 花坛huā tándecorative mass planting of flowers and shrubs, often bounded by a low masonry border…
• 影坛yǐng tánmoviedom; the world of movies; film circles
• 讲坛jiǎng tána platform (to speak)
• 足坛zú tánsoccer circles; soccer world
• 祭坛jì tánaltar
• 政坛zhèng tánpolitical circles
• 诗坛shī tánpoetry circles; poetry world
• 地坛Dì tánTemple of Earth (in Beijing)
• 书坛shū tánthe calligraphic community
• 武坛wǔ tánmartial arts circles
• 艺坛yì tánart circles; art world
• 银坛yín tánmoviedom; the world of movies; film circles
• 天坛座Tiān tán zuòAra (constellation)
• 论坛报Lùn tán BàoTribune (in newspaper names)
• 金坛区Jīn tán QūJintan, a district of Changzhou City 常州市
• 达沃斯论坛Dá wò sī lùn tánDavos world economic forum (WEF)
• 世界经济论坛Shì jiè Jīng jì Lùn tánWorld Economic Forum
• 剧坛jù tánthe world of Chinese opera; theatrical circles

Characters that look like 坛

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

• 姆mǔ(old) female tutor; used in 保姆
• 帐zhàng(bound form) curtain; tent; canopy; variant of 账
• 枢shū(bound form) hinge; pivot (usu. fig.)
• 拗ào(bound form) intractable; contrary; disobedient
• 纭yúnconfused; numerous
• 坳àodepression; cavity; hollow; Taiwan pr. āo

Sounds the same

Read tán, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 谈to speak; to talk; to converse
• 潭deep pool; pond; pit (dialect)
• 痰phlegm; spittle
• 弹to pluck (a string); to play (a string instrument); to spring or leap
• 檀sandalwood; hardwood; purple-red
• 昙dark clouds
• 覃deep
• 倓quiet; peaceful
• 黮black, dark; unclear; private
• 惔to burn
• 榃raised path between fields
• 锬long spear