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摊

tān

HSK 6 Character Traditional 攤

What 摊 means

1. to spread out
2. vendor's stand

Example sentences

• 她很就快把这烂摊子收拾好了。
  She quickly cleaned up the mess.
• 在炎热的天气里，猫咪没精神地摊在地上。
  Zài yánrè de tiānqì lǐ, māomī méi jīngshén de tān zài dìshàng.
  In the scorching heat, the cat is spread out lethargically on the ground.
• Tatoeba：你收到了一条私信？那你多半是摊上事了……
  Tatoeba: Got a PM? You're probably in trouble...
• 雷吉娜安扬戈是奈洛比一家小吃摊的老板，她用乙醇燃料为顾客准备餐点。她的厨房没有木炭产生的烟雾与废气。
  Regina Anyango, owner of small food kiosk in Nairobi, uses ethanol fuel to prepare meals for customers. Her kitchen is free of fumes and smoke from charcoal use.
• 2015 年 4 月 14 日，我步行前往列治文公共市场，先是爬上了外面的阶梯。市场内部宽敞的中庭式建筑，让我感觉彷佛置身于丛林之中。我当时已经有点饿了，便小跑到小吃摊「瓦船长」那里，点了一份面和一杯热茶。面里有鱿鱼、鱼和豆腐。我吃着吃着，一位穿着紫色 T 恤的英俊原住民男子从我身边走过。接着，一位身材魁梧、相貌英俊的犹太人也走了过来。几分钟后，我开始觉得口渴，于是在「QQ 珍珠奶茶与咖啡」买了一杯冰镇薄荷珍珠绿茶。我坐在阶梯旁慢慢品尝。附近坐着一家三口吃东西，男人是黑人，女人是东亚人，小孩是混血儿。我喝珍珠奶茶上瘾，于是在「花生家」又买了一杯。这次是冰镇青苹果珍珠绿茶，味道好极了。我搭扶梯下楼。去洗手间的路上，我注意到一个大水族箱，里面养着大概是体型巨大的阿拉斯加红帝王蟹，蟹腿上长满了藤壶。不知怎的，它们让我想起了外星生物。在书店里，我买了一本图文并茂的绿色植物学书籍，上面用的是汉字。一个月前我把它放在一个箱子上，现在还在那里。这本书 14 块钱。我搭扶梯上楼。我对珍珠奶茶还是有瘾，于是用剩下的零钱买了一杯冰荔枝珍珠绿茶。味道好极了，里面甚至还有白色的荔枝果肉。
  On the 14th of April of 2015, I walk to the Richmond Public Market, I first climbing the stairs outside. Inside, the wide atrium-like building is like a garden in a jungle surrounding, I imagine. Already quite hungry, I trot to Captain Wa, the food vendor, to get noodles with squid, fish, and tofu, as well as hot tea. As I eat, a handsome First Nations man in a purple T-shirt walks by. Then a handsome, stocky Jewish fellow walks by. A few minutes later, I begin to thirst, so I get a cold Mint Bubble Green Tea at the vendor QQ Bubble Tea and Coffee. I sit by the stairs to sip. A threesome family sits eating nearby, the man being black, the woman being Oriental, and the child being a hybrid. Addicted to Bubble Tea, I get another one, this time at Peanut's. It is a cold Green Apple Bubble Green Tea. It is delicious. I take the escalator down. On my way to the washroom, I notice a big aquarium full of probably giant red Alaskan king crabs with barnacles on their legs. They remind me of extraterrestrials, somehow. At the bookstore, I buy a heavily illustrated green botany book in sinograms. I left it on top of a box a month ago and it is still there. It is $14. I take the escalator up. Addicted to Bubble Tea, I spend my remaining coins on a cold Lychee Bubble Green Tea. It is delicious with even bits of white lychee flesh.

Words starting with 摊

• 摊位tān wèivendor's booth
• 摊开tān kāito spread out; to unfold
• 摊子tān zibooth; vendor's stall; (fig.) organizational structure; scale of operations
• 摊贩tān fànstallkeeper; peddler
• 摊牌tān páito lay one's cards on the table
• 摊销tān xiāoto amortize; amortization
• 摊点tān diǎnplace for a vendor's stall
• 摊派tān pàito apportion expenses, responsibilities etc; to demand contributions
• 摊售tān shòuto set up stall
• 摊商tān shāngstallkeeper; street peddler
• 摊手tān shǒuto throw up one's hands; to loosen one's grip; to let go
• 摊提tān títo amortize; amortization
• 摊档tān dàng(dialect) vendor's stall
• 摊钱tān qiánto bear part of the cost
• 摊头tān tóua vendor's stall
• 摊事儿tān shì r(colloquial) to get into trouble
• 摊黄菜tān huáng cài(dialect) scrambled eggs
• 摊鸡蛋tān jī dànomelet; to make an omelet
• 摊薄tān báo(finance) to dilute (earnings per share)
• 摊晒tān shàito lay sth out to dry
• 摊薄后每股盈利tān bó hòu měi gǔ yíng lìdiluted earnings per share
• 摊儿tān rerhua variant of 摊
• 摊挡tān dǎngsee 摊档

Words containing 摊

• 小摊xiǎo tānvendor's stall
• 地摊dì tānroadside stall
• 摆摊bǎi tānto run a street stall
• 分摊fēn tānto share (costs, responsibilities); to apportion
• 报摊bào tānnewsstand
• 摆地摊bǎi dì tānto run a street stall
• 均摊jūn tānto share equally; to distribute evenly
• 平摊píng tānto spread out; (fig.) to share equally
• 练摊liàn tān(dialect) to run a street stall
• 设摊shè tānto set up a vendor's stand
• 货摊huò tānvendor's stall
• 出摊儿chū tān r(colloquial) to set up a vendor's stall (in the street or at a night market etc)
• 散摊子sàn tān zito break up; to disband
• 路边摊lù biān tānroadside stall
• 杂货摊zá huò tānstall selling various goods
• 食品摊shí pǐn tānfood vendor's stand
• 摆摊子bǎi tān zito set up a stall; (fig.) to maintain a large staff and organization
• 报刊摊bào kān tānnewsstand
• 铺摊pū tanto spread out; to display; to lay out a vendor's stall
• 烂摊子làn tān ziterrible mess; shambles
• 小摊儿xiǎo tān rerhua variant of 小摊
• 撂地摊liào dì tānsee 撂地

Characters built on 难

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

• 滩tānbeach; shoal; rapids
• 瘫tānparalyzed

Characters that look like 摊

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

• 滩tānbeach; shoal; rapids
• 骗piànto cheat; to swindle; to deceive
• 撇piēto cast away; to fling aside
• 雏chú(bound form) chick; young bird
• 雉zhìringed pheasant
• 潍wéiname of a river

Sounds the same

Read tān, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 滩beach; shoal; rapids
• 贪to have a voracious desire for; to covet; greedy
• 瘫paralyzed
• 坍to collapse
• 怹he; she; (courteous, as opposed to 他
• 啴used in 啴啴