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"tan, soften" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
韖 róu tan, soften
Chinese Pinyin Translation
动弹 動彈 dòng tan to budge syn
舒坦 shū tan comfortable / at ease syn
软化 軟化 ruǎn huà to soften syn
松动 鬆動 sōng dòng loose / slack / (fig.) to soften (policies, tone of voice) / to give some slack / (of a place) not crowded syn
黄褐色 黃褐色 huáng hè sè tan (color) / tawny
驼色 駝色 tuó sè light tan (color) / camel-hair color syn
动弹不得 動彈不得 dòng tan bu dé to be unable to move a single step
晒黑 曬黑 shài hēi to sunbathe / to tan / to get sunburnt / to expose unfair practices (on a consumer protection website)
变软 變軟 biàn ruǎn to soften
谭嗣同 譚嗣同 tán sì tóng Tan Sitong (1865-1898), Qing writer and politician, one of the Six Gentlemen Martyrs 戊戌六君子 of the unsuccessful reform movement of 1898
陈嘉庚 陳嘉庚 chén jiā gēng Tan
谈 談 tán to speak / to talk / to converse / to chat / to discuss syn
探 tàn to explore / to search out / to scout / to visit / to stretch forward syn
弹 彈 tán to pluck (a string) / to play (a string instrument) / to spring or leap / to shoot (e.g. with a catapult) / (of cotton) to fluff or tease / to flick / to flip / to accuse / to impeach / elastic (of materials) syn
碳 tàn carbon (chemistry)
坦 tǎn flat / open-hearted / level / smooth syn
摊 攤 tān to spread out / vendor's stand syn
谭 譚 tán variant of 談|谈[tan2]
滩 灘 tān beach / shoal / rapids / CL:片[pian4] / classifier for liquids: pool, puddle syn
毯 tǎn blanket / rug syn
痰 tán phlegm / spittle syn
贪 貪 tān to have a voracious desire for / to covet / greedy / corrupt syn
炭 tàn wood charcoal / coal syn
瘫 癱 tān paralyzed syn
硝 xiāo saltpeter / to tan (leather)
潭 tán deep pool / pond / pit (dialect) / depression syn
坛 罈 tán earthen jar syn
叹 歎 tàn variant of 嘆|叹[tan4] syn
袒 襢 tǎn old variant of 袒[tan3] syn
檀 tán sandalwood / hardwood / purple-red syn
坍 tān to collapse syn
澹 tán surname Tan
覃 tán deep syn
鞣 róu suede / chamois / tannin / to tan
钽 鉭 tǎn tantalum (chemistry)
谭震林 譚震林 tán zhèn lín Tan Zhenlin (1902-1983), PRC revolutionary and military leader, played political role after the Cultural Revolution
忐 tǎn used in 忐忑[tan3te4]
昙 曇 tán dark clouds
饧 餳 xíng maltose syrup / molasses / heavy (eyelids) / drowsy-eyed / listless / (of dough, candy etc) to soften / to become soft and sticky syn
郯 tán surname Tan / name of an ancient city
锬 錟 tán long spear
镡 鐔 tán surname Tan
襢 tǎn to bare
醰 tán bitter taste in wine / rich / full flavored
罈 tán earthen jar
禫 tǎn sacrifice at the end of mourning
贉 tǎn pay an advance / silk book cover
黮 tán black, dark / unclear / private
湅 liàn to boil raw silk (to soften and clean it)
弹花 彈花 tán huā to soften cotton fiber by fluffing
餤 tán to advance
嗿 tǎn sound of many people eating
菼 tǎn Miscanthus sacchariflorus (Amur silvergrass) / Miscanthus sinensis (feather grass)
醓 tǎn brine of pickled meat
怹 tān he / she / (courteous, as opposed to 他[ta1])
榃 tán raised path between fields
驔 tán black horse
谭延闓 譚延闓 tán yán kǎi Tan
司马谈 司馬談 sī mǎ tán Sima Tan (-110 BC), Han dynasty scholar and historian, and father of 司馬遷|司马迁[Si1 ma3 Qian1]
四大须生 四大鬚生 sì dà xū shēng Four great beards of Beijing opera, namely: Ma Lianliang 馬連良|马连良, Tan Fuying 譚富英|谭富英, Yang Baosen 楊寶森|杨宝森, Xi Xiaobo 奚嘯伯|奚啸伯
墰 tán variant of 罈|坛[tan2]
壜 tán variant of 罈|坛[tan2]
戊戌六君子 wù xū liù jūn zǐ the Six Gentlemen Martyrs of the failed reform movement of 1898, executed in its aftermath, namely: Tan Sitong 譚嗣同|谭嗣同[Tan2 Si4 tong2], Lin Xu 林旭[Lin2 Xu4], Yang Shenxiu 楊深秀|杨深秀[Yang2 Shen1 xiu4], Liu Guangdi 劉光第|刘光第[Liu2 Guang1 di4], Kang Guangren 康廣仁|康广仁[Kang1 Guang3 ren2] and Yang Rui 楊銳|杨锐[Yang2 Rui4]
罎 tán variant of 罈|坛[tan2]
谭富英 譚富英 tán fù yīng Tan Fuying (1906-1977), Beijing opera star, one of the Four great beards 四大鬚生|四大须生
谭盾 譚盾 tán dùn Tan Dun (1957-) Chinese composer
谭鑫培 譚鑫培 tán xīn péi Tan Xinpei (1847-1917), noted opera actor
铺摊 鋪攤 pū tan to spread out / to display / to lay out a vendor's stall syn
阮晋勇 阮晉勇 ruǎn jìn yǒng Nguyễn Tấn Dũng (1949-), prime minister of Vietnam 2006-2016
鞣制 鞣製 róu zhì to tan (leather) / tanning
顺坦 順坦 shùn tan smoothly / as one expects
啴 嘽 tān used in 嘽嘽|啴啴[tan1tan1]
倓 tán quiet / peaceful
墵 tán old variant of 壜[tan2]
棕褐色 zōng hè sè tan / sepia
惔 tán to burn
陈庆炎 陳慶炎 chén qìng yán Tony Tan (1940-), president of Singapore 2011-2017
璮 tǎn a kind of jade
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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