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塌

tā

HSK 6 Character

What 塌 means

1. to collapse
2. to droop
3. to settle down

Example sentences

• 会塌的。
  It's going to collapse.
• 要塌了。
  It's going to collapse.
• 全都一塌糊涂。
  Everything was a mess.
• 屋顶突然崩塌了。
  The roof of the house suddenly buckled.
• 桥在重压之下倒塌了。
  Qiáo zài zhòngyā zhīxià dǎotā le.
  The bridge crashed under the pressure.
• 开罗的一栋大楼倒塌了。
  Kāiluó de yī dòng dàlóu dǎotā le.
  A building collapsed in Cairo.

Words starting with 塌

• 塌方tā fāngto cave in; to collapse; to have a landslide
• 塌陷tā xiànto subside; to sink; to cave in
• 塌下tā xiàto collapse
• 塌房tā fáng(neologism c. 2020) (of a celebrity) to have one's reputation tank due to a scandal
• 塌架tā jiàto collapse; to come to grief
• 塌台tā táito collapse
• 塌棵菜tā kē càiBrassica narinosa (broadbeaked mustard); Chinese flat cabbage
• 塌实tā shivariant of 踏实

Words containing 塌

• 一塌糊涂yī tā hú tumuddled and completely collapsing (idiom); in an awful condition; complete shambles…
• 倒塌dǎo tāto collapse (of building); to topple over
• 坍塌tān tāto collapse
• 死心塌地sǐ xīn tā dìto be hell-bent on; dead set on sth; unswerving
• 崩塌bēng tātalus slide; to crumble (of scree slope); to collapse
• 冲塌chōng tāto cause (a dam) to collapse
• 乌塌菜wū tā càirosette bok choy (Brassica rapa var. rosularis)
• 垮塌kuǎ tāto collapse (of building, dam or bridge)
• 颓塌tuí tāto collapse
• 疲塌pí tavariant of 疲沓
• 蹧塌zāo tàvariant of 糟蹋

Characters built on 日

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

• 榻tàcouch
• 蹋tàto step on
• 遢tāused in 邋遢; Taiwan pr. tà
• 沓dáclassifier for sheets of papers etc: pile, pad; Taiwan pr. tà
• 旯láused in 旮旯
• 旮gāused in 旮旯
• 鳎tǎsole (fish)
• 褟tāinner shirt; to sew onto clothing; see also 禢

Characters that look like 塌

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

• 锁suǒto lock; to lock up; a lock
• 腾téng(bound form) to gallop; to prance; (bound form) to soar; to hover; to make room…
• 箔bóplaited matting (of rushes, bamboo etc); silkworm basket; metal foil
• 琚jūornamental gems for belt
• 堰yànweir
• 瑁mào(jade)

Sounds the same

Read tā, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 他(third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his…
• 她she
• 它it
• 遢used in 邋遢; Taiwan pr. tà
• 祂(third-person pronoun for God in the Christian Bible)…
• 铊thallium (chemistry)
• 褟inner shirt; to sew onto clothing; see also 禢
• TAhe or she
• 溻(of clothes) to be soaked with sweat
• 踏see 踏实
• 趿see 趿拉
• 㐌variant of 它