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搪

táng

Character

What 搪 means

1. to keep out
2. to hold off
3. to ward off
4. to evade
5. to spread
6. to coat
7. to smear
8. to daub

Words starting with 搪

• 搪塞táng sèto muddle through; to fob sb off; to beat around the bush
• 搪瓷táng cíenamel
• 搪突táng tūvariant of 唐突

Words containing 搪

• 推搪tuī tángto offer excuses (colloquial); to stall
• 借词推搪jiè cí tuī tángto make a lot of excuses

Characters built on 唐

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

• 糖tángsugar; sweets; candy
• 塘tángdyke; embankment; pool or pond
• 醣tángcarbohydrate; old variant of 糖
• 溏tánghalf congealed; pond
• 瑭táng(jade)

Characters that look like 搪

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

• 搞gǎoto do; to make; to go in for
• 握wòto hold; to grasp; to clench (one's fist); (bound form) to have in one's control
• 骚sāo(bound form) to disturb; to disrupt; flirty; coquettish; abbr. for 离骚
• 塘tángdyke; embankment; pool or pond
• 琚jūornamental gems for belt
• 摁ènto press (with one's finger or hand)

Sounds the same

Read táng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 糖sugar; sweets; candy
• 塘dyke; embankment; pool or pond
• 堂(main) hall; large room for a specific purpose; relationship between cousins etc on the…
• 唐to exaggerate; empty; in vain
• 膛(bound form) hollow space
• 棠cherry-apple
• 瑭(jade)
• 螳praying mantis
• 醣carbohydrate; old variant of 糖
• 溏half congealed; pond
• 踼to fall flat; to fall on the face
• 煻to warm; to toast