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弹

dàn · dan/tán · tan

Traditional 彈

Meaning

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dàn 彈

  1. crossball
  2. bullet
  3. shot
  4. shell
  5. ball

tán 彈

  1. to pluck (a string)
  2. to play (a string instrument)
  3. to spring or leap
  4. to shoot (e.g. with a catapult)
  5. (of cotton) to fluff or tease
  6. to flick
  7. to flip
  8. to accuse
  9. to impeach
  10. elastic (of materials)

In a sentence

2 examples
01

我(wǒ)的(de)爱(ài)好(hào)是(shì)开(kāi)车(chē)和(hé)弹(tán)吉(jí)他(tā)。

My hobbies are driving and playing the guitar.

Tatoeba: Chinese by jiangche · English by francaisr0wlet · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

球(qiú)弹(tán)呀(ya)弹(tán)呀(ya)的(de)弹(tán)进(jìn)了(le)邻(lín)家(jiā)的(de)花(huā)园(yuán)。

The ball bounded away into our neighbor's garden.

Tatoeba: Chinese by nickyeow · English by Jesse · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

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