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毯

tǎn

HSK 5 Character

What 毯 means

1. blanket
2. rug

Example sentences

• 你有毛毯吗？
  Nǐ yǒu máotǎn ma?
  Do you have a woollen blanket?
• 他卖旧地毯。
  He sells old carpets.
• 狗在地毯上睡觉。
  The dog was sleeping on the mat.
• 地板上铺着地毯。
  The floor is carpeted.
• 请给我送一块毯子。
  Qǐng gěi wǒ sòng yīkuài tǎnzi.
  Please give me a blanket.
• 主妇给地毯吸了尘。
  Zhǔfù gěi dìtǎn xī le chén.
  The homemaker vacuumed the carpet.

Words starting with 毯

• 毯子tǎn ziblanket

Words containing 毯

• 地毯dì tǎncarpet; rug
• 毛毯máo tǎnblanket
• 壁毯bì tǎntapestry (used as a wall hanging)
• 挂毯guà tǎntapestry
• 红毯hóng tǎnred carpet
• 红地毯hóng dì tǎnred carpet
• 羊毛毯yáng máo tǎnwoolen blanket
• 电热毯diàn rè tǎnelectric blanket
• 地毯拖鞋dì tǎn tuō xiécarpet slippers
• 地毯式轰炸dì tǎn shì hōng zhàcarpet bombing
• 棕毯zōng tǎncoir mat; palm fiber matting
• 跪毯guì tǎna prayer mat; a carpet for kneeling

Characters built on 炎

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

• 谈tánto speak; to talk; to converse
• 淡dàninsipid; diluted; weak
• 氮dànnitrogen (chemistry)
• 痰tánphlegm; spittle
• 琰yǎngem; glitter of gems
• 郯Tánsurname Tan; name of an ancient city
• 啖dànto eat; to taste; to entice (using bait)
• 剡shànriver in Zhejiang

Characters that look like 毯

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

• 植zhíto plant
• 尴gānused in 尴尬
• 梳shūto comb; (bound form) a comb
• 琥hǔused in 琥珀
• 琉liúprecious stone
• 槐huáiChinese scholar tree (Sophora japonica); Japanese pagoda tree

Sounds the same

Read tǎn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 坦flat; open-hearted; level
• 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