dàn

crossball; bullet; shot

HSK 5

1Stroke Order Animation

0 strokes

2Readings & Meanings

  • dàncrossball; bullet; shot
  • tánto pluck (a string); to play (a string instrument); to spring or leap

3Structure

Left-right structure左右结构

is built from 2 parts.

4Common Words with

一弹指顷yī tán zhǐ qǐng

a snap of the fingers (idiom); in a flash; in the twinkling of an eye

中子弹zhōng zǐ dàn

neutron bomb

中弹zhòng dàn

hit by a bullet; shot

乱弹琴luàn tán qín

to talk nonsense; to behave like a fool

催泪弹cuī lèi dàn

tear bomb; tear-gas grenade

两弹一星liǎng dàn yī xīng

refers to the historical achievement of China by 1970 in producing and successfully detonating an atomic bomb (1964), a hydrogen bomb (1967) and launching a satellite into space (1970)

Other Characters Pronounced “dan” / “tan”