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诞

dàn

HSK 6 Character Traditional 誕

What 诞 means

1. birth
2. birthday
3. brag
4. boast
5. to increase

Example sentences

• 圣诞快乐。
  Shèngdànkuàilè.
  Happy Christmas!
• 临近圣诞。
  Línjìn Shèngdàn.
  Christmas is approaching.
• 圣诞节快乐！
  Merry Christmas!
• 圣诞快到了。
  Christmas is just around the corner.
• 圣诞节近了。
  Christmas drew near.
• 快圣诞节了。
  Christmas is coming soon.

Words starting with 诞

• 诞生dàn shēngto be born
• 诞辰dàn chénbirthday
• 诞育dàn yùto give birth to; to give rise to

Words containing 诞

• 圣诞Shèng dànChristmas; birthday of reigning Emperor; Confucius' birthday
• 圣诞节Shèng dàn jiéChristmas time; Christmas season; Christmas
• 荒诞huāng dànbeyond belief; incredible; preposterous
• 圣诞老人Shèng dàn Lǎo rénFather Christmas; Santa Claus
• 圣诞树Shèng dàn shùChristmas tree
• 怪诞guài dànfreak; weird
• 华诞huá dàn(formal) birthday; anniversary of the founding of an organization
• 任诞rèn dàndissipated; unruly
• 放诞fàng dànuntrammeled; reckless; wanton
• 散诞sǎn dànfree and unfettered
• 佛诞日Fó dàn rìBuddha's Birthday (8th day of the 4th Lunar month)
• 毛诞节Máo dàn jiéMao Zedong’s birthday, December 26th
• 耶诞节Yē dàn jié(Taiwan) Christmas
• 圣诞卡Shèng dàn kǎChristmas card
• 圣诞岛Shèng dàn DǎoChristmas Island, Australia
• 圣诞红shèng dàn hóngpoinsettia (Euphorbia pulcherrima)
• 圣诞花shèng dàn huāpoinsettia (Euphorbia pulcherrima)
• 怪诞不经guài dàn bù jīnguncanny; unbelievable; ridiculous
• 放诞不拘fàng dàn bù jūwanton and unrestrained (idiom); dissolute
• 圣诞快乐Shèng dàn kuài lèMerry Christmas
• 荒诞不经huāng dàn bù jīngabsurd; preposterous; ridiculous
• 寿诞shòu dànbirthday (of an old person)
• 圣诞帽shèng dàn màoSanta hat
• 圣诞前夕Shèng dàn qián xīChristmas eve

Characters built on 延

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

• 筵yánbamboo mat for sitting
• 蜒yánslug; used in 蜿蜒
• 埏shānto mix water with clay

Characters that look like 诞

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

• 抽chōuto draw out; to pull out from in between; to remove part of the whole…
• 俩liǎtwo (colloquial equivalent of 两个); both; some
• 姨yímother's sister; aunt
• 绞jiǎoto twist (strands into a thread); to entangle; to wring
• 垢gòudirt; disgrace
• 拗ào(bound form) intractable; contrary; disobedient

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
• 旦(literary) dawn; daybreak; dan, female role in Chinese opera…
• 淡insipid; diluted; weak
• 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