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旦

dàn

HSK 5 Character

What 旦 means

1. literarydawn; daybreak
2. dan, female role in Chinese opera (traditionally played by specialized male actors)

Example sentences

• 元旦快乐！
  Happy New Year!
• 撒旦万岁！
  Hail Satan!
• 元旦就在眼前。
  Yuándàn jiù zàiyǎnqián.
  New Year's Day is close at hand.
• 元旦是一年的关键。
  Yuándàn shì yī nián de guānjiàn.
  New Year's Day is the key to the year.
• 一旦过了河, 你就安全了。
  Once across the river, you are safe.
• 别射撒旦的背部。你可能会射不中。
  Bié shè Sādàn de bèibù. nǐ kěnéng huì shè bù zhōng.
  Don't shoot the devil in the back. You might miss.

Words starting with 旦

• 旦角dàn juédan, female roles in Chinese opera (traditionally played by specialized male actors)

Words containing 旦

• 一旦yī dànin case (sth happens); if; once (sth happens, then...)
• 元旦Yuán dànNew Year's Day
• 复旦Fù dànFudan University, Shanghai, abbr. for 复旦大学
• 复旦大学Fù dàn Dà xuéFudan University, Shanghai
• 约旦Yuē dànJordan (country)
• 信誓旦旦xìn shì dàn dànto make a solemn vow
• 撒旦Sā dànSatan or Shaitan
• 通宵达旦tōng xiāo dá dànovernight until daybreak (idiom); all night long; day and night
• 花旦huā dànrole of vivacious young female in Chinese opera
• 约旦河Yuē dàn HéJordan River (in southwestern Asia)
• 危在旦夕wēi zài dàn xīin imminent peril (idiom); on the brink of crisis
• 毁于一旦huǐ yú yī dàn(idiom) ruined in a short time…
• 平旦píng dàn(literary) daybreak; dawn
• 文旦wén dànpomelo
• 正旦zhèng dànstarring female role in a Chinese opera
• 武旦wǔ dànfemale military role in a Chinese opera
• 男旦nán dànmale actor playing the female role (Chinese opera)
• 老旦lǎo dànold woman role in Chinese opera
• 贴旦tiē dànfemale supporting actress in a Chinese opera
• 双旦shuāng dànChristmas and New Year's Day
• 元旦节Yuán dàn jiéNew Year's Day
• 巴旦木bā dàn mùalmond (loanword)
• 李旦Lǐ DànLi Dan, personal name of sixth Tang emperor Ruizong 唐睿宗
• 刀马旦dāo mǎ dànfemale warrior role in Chinese opera

Characters that look like 旦

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

• 兰lánorchid (兰花 Cymbidium goeringii); fragrant thoroughwort (兰草 Eupatorium fortunei)…
• 且qiěand; moreover; yet
• 米mǐuncooked rice; meter (unit of length); (slang) Chinese yuan
• 末mòtip; end; final stage
• 丑chǒuclown; 2nd earthly branch: 1-3 a.m., 12th solar month (6th January to 3rd February), year…
• 亘gènextending all the way across; running all the way through

Sounds the same

Read dàn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 但but; yet; however; still; merely; only; just
• 蛋egg; oval-shaped thing
• 弹crossball; bullet; shot
• 淡insipid; diluted; weak
• 诞birth; birthday; brag
• 惮dread; fear; dislike
• 担picul (100 catties, 50 kg); two buckets full; carrying pole and its load
• 氮nitrogen (chemistry)
• 澹tranquil; placid; quiet
• 石dry measure for grain equal to ten dou 斗; ancient pr. shí
• 啖to eat; to taste; to entice (using bait)
• 萏lotus