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坦

tǎn

HSK 5 Character

What 坦 means

1. flat
2. open-hearted
3. level
4. smooth

Example sentences

• 坦克失踪了。
  The tank vanished.
• 我想住在坦帕。
  I want to live in Tampa.
• 她是个很坦率的人。
  Tā shì gè hěn tǎnshuài de rén.
  She has a very open personality.
• 我住在哈萨克斯坦。
  Wǒ zhù zài Hāsàkèsītǎn.
  I live in Kazakhstan.
• 坦率地说，他错了。
  Frankly speaking, he is wrong.
• 阿里是伊斯坦堡人。
  Ali is a native of Istanbul.

Words starting with 坦

• 坦率tǎn shuàifrank; candid; straightforward
• 坦白tǎn báihonest; forthcoming; to confess
• 坦克tǎn kè(loanword) tank (military vehicle); (derog.) (slang) overweight woman
• 坦然tǎn ráncalm; undisturbed
• 坦言tǎn yánto say candidly; to acknowledge frankly
• 坦诚tǎn chéngcandid; frank; plain dealing
• 坦荡tǎn dàngmagnanimous; broad and level
• 坦承tǎn chéngto confess; to admit; to come clean
• 坦桑尼亚Tǎn sāng ní yàTanzania
• 坦克车tǎn kè chētank (armored vehicle)
• 坦博拉Tǎn bó lāTambora, volcano on Indonesian island of Sumbawa 松巴哇, whose 1815 eruption is greatest in…
• 坦途tǎn túhighway; level road
• 坦尚尼亚Tǎn shàng ní yàTanzania (Tw)
• 坦陈tǎn chénto reveal; to confess
• 坦佩雷Tǎn pèi léiTampere (Swedish Tammerfors), Finland's second city
• 坦诚相见tǎn chéng xiāng jiànto trust one another fully; to treat sb with sincerity
• 坦然无惧tǎn rán wú jùremain calm and undaunted
• 坦噶尼喀Tǎn gá ní kāTanganyika, sovereign state in Africa (1961–1964), later part of Tanzania
• 坦噶尼喀湖Tǎn gá ní kā HúLake Tanganyika in East Africa

Words containing 坦

• 平坦píng tǎnlevel; even; smooth
• 巴勒斯坦Bā lè sī tǎnPalestine
• 巴基斯坦Bā jī sī tǎnPakistan
• 爱因斯坦Ài yīn sī tǎnAlbert Einstein (1879-1955), German-born theoretical physicist
• 舒坦shū tancomfortable; at ease
• 哈萨克斯坦Hā sà kè sī tǎnKazakhstan
• 斯坦福大学Sī tǎn fú Dà xuéStanford University
• 泰坦尼克号Tài tǎn ní kè HàoRMS Titanic, British passenger liner that sank in 1912
• 伊斯坦布尔Yī sī tǎn bù ěrIstanbul, Turkey
• 斯坦福Sī tǎn fúStanford or Stamford…
• 吉尔吉斯斯坦Jí ěr jí sī sī tǎnKyrgyzstan
• 君士坦丁堡Jūn shì tǎn dīng bǎoConstantinople, capital of Byzantium
• 乌兹别克斯坦Wū zī bié kè sī tǎnUzbekistan
• 约坦Yuē tǎnJotham (son of Uzziah)
• 利维坦lì wéi tǎn(loanword) leviathan
• 反坦克fǎn tǎn kèanti-tank
• 范斯坦Fàn sī tǎnDianne Feinstein (1933-), US Senator from California
• 图坦卡门Tú tǎn kǎ ménTutankhamen, king of ancient Egypt 1333-1323 BC
• 布里坦尼Bù lǐ tǎn níBrittany (France); Bretagne
• 印度斯坦Yìn dù sī tǎnHindustan
• 班图斯坦Bān tú sī tǎnBantustan
• 巴坦群岛Bā tǎn Qún dǎoBatan Islands in Bashi Channel between Taiwan and the Philippines
• 康斯坦察Kāng sī tǎn cháConstanta (city in Romania)
• 吉尔吉斯坦Jí ěr jí sī tǎnKyrgyzstan

Characters built on 旦

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

• 但dànbut; yet; however; still; merely; only; just
• 担dānto undertake; to carry; to shoulder
• 胆dǎngall bladder; courage; guts
• 袒tǎnto bare
• 钽tǎntantalum (chemistry)
• 亶dǎnsincere

Characters that look like 坦

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

• 组zǔto form; to organize; group
• 炼liànto refine; to smelt
• 珊shāncoral
• 矩jǔcarpenter's square; rule; regulation
• 姝shūpretty woman
• 垣yuánwall

Sounds the same

Read tǎn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 毯blanket; rug
• 袒to bare
• 钽tantalum (chemistry)
• 忐used in 忐忑
• 禫sacrifice at the end of mourning
• 菼Miscanthus sacchariflorus (Amur silvergrass); Miscanthus sinensis (feather grass)
• 嗿sound of many people eating
• 璮a kind of jade
• 贉pay an advance; silk book cover
• 醓brine of pickled meat