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淌

tǎng

HSK 3.0 character level 7-9 Character

淌 (tǎng) means "to drip; to trickle; to shed (tears)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 淌 means

1. to drip
2. to trickle
3. to shed (tears)

Words starting with 淌

• 淌下tǎng xiàto let drip; to trickle down; to shed (tears)
• 淌泪tǎng lèito shed a tear
• 淌口水tǎng kǒu shuǐto let saliva dribble from the mouth; to slobber
• 淌眼泪tǎng yǎn lèito shed tears

Words containing 淌

• 流淌liú tǎngto flow

Characters built on 尚

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

• 敞chǎngopen to the view of all; spacious; to open wide
• 躺tǎngto recline; to lie down
• 倘tǎngif; supposing; in case
• 趟tàngclassifier for times, round trips or rows; a time; a trip
• 徜chángsit cross-legged; walk back and forth
• 惝chǎngdisappointed; listless; frightened
• 绱shàngto sole a shoe

Characters that look like 淌

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

• 涵hánto contain; to include; culvert
• 倘tǎngif; supposing; in case
• 渊yuāndeep pool; deep; profound
• 婉wǎngraceful; tactful
• 湘Xiāngabbr. for Hunan 湖南 province in south central China…
• 缄jiān(wooden) box; cup; old variant of 缄

Sounds the same

Read tǎng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 躺to recline; to lie down
• 倘if; supposing; in case
• 帑state treasury; public funds
• 埫flat land; (used in place names)
• 镋ancient weapon resembling a pitchfork
• 傥(literary) variant of 倘; used in 倜傥

Go deeper

• How characters are built from components.
• How to learn Chinese characters.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read tǎng correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.