痰

Phlegm in Chinese: 痰 (tán)

tán

phlegm

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-91 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1phlegm
  2. 2spittle

Stroke order

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痰

Zhuyin

This word’s pronunciation in Bopomofo.

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ㄊㄢˊ

tán

ㄊ/ tㄢ/ anˊ/ second tone

Example sentences

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  • 他咳嗽的时候咳出了很多痰。

    tā ké sou de shí hòu hāi chū le hěn duō tán。

    When he coughed, he brought up a lot of phlegm.

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tǎn bái

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坦诚

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candid

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tǎn kè

tank (military vehicle) (loanword)

坦然

tǎn rán

calm

毯子

tǎn zi

blanket

炭

tàn

wood charcoal

探

tàn

to explore

探测

tàn cè

to probe

探亲

tàn qīn

to go home to visit one's family

探求

tàn qiú

to seek

探望

tàn wàng

to visit

探险

tàn xiǎn

to explore

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