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Usage of the character 弹

tán
[彈]
  • 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)
dàn
[彈]
  • crossball
  • bullet
  • shot
  • shell
  • ball
Qtán
Q弹
[Q彈]
  • (of a food's mouthfeel) springy
  • firm
  • al dente
tánhuā
弹花
[彈花]
  • to soften cotton fiber by fluffing
tánqiú
弹球
[彈球]
  • to play marbles
xiǎodàn
小弹
[小彈]
  • bomblet (of cluster bomb)
tánjiū
弹纠
[彈糾]
  • to accuse
  • to impeach
dàntóu
弹头
[彈頭]
  • warhead
dànpiàn
弹片
[彈片]
  • shrapnel; shell fragment
dòngtan
动弹
[動彈]
  • to budge
chóngtán
重弹
[重彈]
  • to replay string instrument
  • fig. to harp on the same string
  • to raise the same old topic again
dànké
弹壳
[彈殼]
  • ammunition case
chòudàn
臭弹
[臭彈]
  • dead bomb (i.e. not exploding on impact)
dǎodàn
导弹
[導彈]
  • (guided) missile
  • CL:枚 (méi)
zǐdàn
子弹
[子彈]
  • bullet
  • CL:粒 (lì),顆/颗 (kē),發/发 (fā)
sǎndàn
散弹
[散彈]
  • shot (for a shotgun); canister shot
nántán
难弹
[難彈]
  • hard to play (of music for stringed instrument)
tánxìng
弹性
[彈性]
  • flexibility
  • elasticity
zhàdàn
炸弹
[炸彈]
  • bomb
  • CL:枚 (méi),顆/颗 (kē)
dànxiá
弹匣
[彈匣]
  • magazine (for ammunition)
dànkǒng
弹孔
[彈孔]
  • bullet hole
tányá
弹牙
[彈牙]
  • al dente
dànyǔ
弹雨
[彈雨]
  • hail of bullets
huítán
回弹
[回彈]
  • (of sth that has been deformed) to spring back to original shape
  • (fig.) to rebound
  • to bounce back
kǎdàn
卡弹
[卡彈]
  • to jam (rifle)
tánchuāng
弹窗
[彈窗]
  • pop-up window (computing)
tóudàn
投弹
[投彈]
  • to throw an explosive charge
  • to bomb
dànjiā
弹夹
[彈夾]
  • ammunition clip
  • cartridge clip
  • magazine (for ammunition)
bàodàn
爆弹
[爆彈]
  • bomb
  • explosion
tánchì
弹斥
[彈斥]
  • accuse and criticize
tántiào
弹跳
[彈跳]
  • to bounce
  • to jump
  • to leap
tánqín
弹琴
[彈琴]
  • to play or strum a lute or other stringed instrument
tánshè
弹射
[彈射]
  • to catapult
  • to launch
  • to eject (from a plane)
  • to shoot
pàodàn
炮弹
[炮彈]
  • artillery shell
  • CL:枚 (méi)
qīdàn
漆弹
[漆彈]
  • paintball (sports)
tángdàn
糖弹
[糖彈]
  • sugar-coated bullets, term used by Mao (originally in 1949) to refer to corrupting bourgeois influences (abbr. for 糖衣炮彈/糖衣炮弹 (tángyīpàodàn))
fēidàn
飞弹
[飛彈]
  • missile
zāngdàn
脏弹
[髒彈]
  • dirty bomb
zhòngdàn
中弹
[中彈]
  • to get hit by a bullet; to get shot
zhèdàn
柘弹
[柘彈]
  • slingshot made from the 柘 (zhè) tree
tányā
弹压
[彈壓]
  • to suppress
  • to quell (a disturbance)
  • repression
qiāngdàn
枪弹
[槍彈]
  • bullet
táncí
弹词
[彈詞]
  • ballad tune in southern dialects, usually to sanxian 三弦 or pipa 琵琶 accompaniment
qīngdàn
氢弹
[氫彈]
  • H-bomb
  • hydrogen bomb
tánchàng
弹唱
[彈唱]
  • to sing and play (plucked string instrument)
cǎidàn
彩弹
[彩彈]
  • paintball
tánzi
弹子
[彈子]
  • towrope
fángdàn
防弹
[防彈]
  • bulletproof
tiàodàn
跳弹
[跳彈]
  • ricochet
dànkēng
弹坑
[彈坑]
  • bomb crater
dàndào
弹道
[彈道]
  • trajectory (of a projectile); ballistic curve
tánbō
弹拨
[彈撥]
  • to pluck (a string)
shídàn
实弹
[實彈]
  • live ammunition
jiūtán
纠弹
[糾彈]
  • to censure
  • to denounce
  • to impeach
dànwán
弹丸
[彈丸]
  • pellet
tánshé
弹舌
[彈舌]
  • to cluck
  • to trill
tánpiàn
弹片
[彈片]
  • plectrum
tánlì
弹力
[彈力]
  • elasticity
  • elastic force
  • spring
  • rebound
  • bounce
mǔdàn
母弹
[母彈]
  • parent shell (of a cluster bomb)
dànhén
弹痕
[彈痕]
  • bullet hole
  • shell hole
dànmù
弹幕
[彈幕]
  • barrage (military)
  • "bullet screen", function which allows viewers to post on-screen comments in videos, movies etc in real time
  • danmaku (video game subgenre)
liúdàn
榴弹
[榴彈]
  • high explosive shell
  • grenade
dàngōng
弹弓
[彈弓]
  • catapult
  • slingshot
tánzhǐ
弹指
[彈指]
  • to snap one's fingers
  • (fig.) in a flash; in an instant
qiúdàn
球弹
[球彈]
  • ball (in sport, incl. billiards)
dànzhū
弹珠
[彈珠]
  • marbles
dànyào
弹药
[彈藥]
  • ammunition
hédàn
核弹
[核彈]
  • nuclear warhead
fǎntán
反弹
[反彈]
  • to bounce
  • to bounce back
  • to boomerang
  • to ricochet
  • rebound (of stock market etc)
  • bounce
  • backlash
  • negative repercussions
dànzi
弹子
[彈子]
  • slingshot pellet
  • playing marbles
  • billiards
  • CL:粒 (lì),顆/颗 (kē)
liúdàn
流弹
[流彈]
  • stray bullet
ròudàn
肉弹
[肉彈]
  • suicide attacker; suicide bomber
  • voluptuous woman; muscular man
tánchū
弹出
[彈出]
  • to eject
  • to exit from
  • to pop up
tánzòu
弹奏
[彈奏]
  • to play (musical instrument, esp. string)
Gāngdàn
钢弹
[鋼彈]
  • Gundam, Japanese animation franchise
tánhuí
弹回
[彈回]
  • to rebound
zhuāngdàn
装弹
[裝彈]
  • to charge (ammunition into gun)
  • to load
tánhuáng
弹簧
[彈簧]
  • spring
tánhé
弹劾
[彈劾]
  • to impeach (an official)
wēngwēngdàn
嗡嗡弹
[嗡嗡彈]
  • buzzing bomb
tánhuángdāo
弹簧刀
[彈簧刀]
  • flick knife
  • switchblade
  • spring-loaded knife
sǎndànqiāng
散弹枪
[散彈槍]
  • shotgun
cuīlèidàn
催泪弹
[催淚彈]
  • tear bomb
  • tear-gas grenade
bìdànkēng
避弹坑
[避彈坑]
  • foxhole
ránshāodàn
燃烧弹
[燃燒彈]
  • fire bomb
  • incendiary device
hédàntóu
核弹头
[核彈頭]
  • nuclear reentry vehicle
  • nuclear warhead
huǒjiàndàn
火箭弹
[火箭彈]
  • rocket (artillery)
hédǎodàn
核导弹
[核導彈]
  • nuclear missile
xiàndànqiāng
霰弹枪
[霰彈槍]
  • shotgun
tánhuángmén
弹簧门
[彈簧門]
  • swing door
dújìdàn
毒剂弹
[毒劑彈]
  • gas projectile
tánhuángsuǒ
弹簧锁
[彈簧鎖]
  • spring lock
pútaodàn
葡萄弹
[葡萄彈]
  • grapeshot
bùdàidàn
布袋弹
[布袋彈]
  • bean bag round
shuǐdànqiāng
水弹枪
[水彈槍]
  • gel blaster; gel gun
zhàomíngdàn
照明弹
[照明彈]
  • flare; star shell
qiāngliúdàn
枪榴弹
[槍榴彈]
  • rifle grenade
zhōngzǐdàn
中子弹
[中子彈]
  • neutron bomb
yuánzǐdàn
原子弹
[原子彈]
  • atom bomb
  • atomic bomb
  • A-bomb
fǎndǎodàn
反导弹
[反導彈]
  • anti-missile
yǒutánxìng
有弹性
[有彈性]
  • flexible
tántúyú
弹涂鱼
[彈塗魚]
  • mudskipper (amphibious fish)
tánbōyuè
弹拨乐
[彈撥樂]
  • plucked string music
zhènxuàndàn
震眩弹
[震眩彈]
  • stun grenade
fángdànyī
防弹衣
[防彈衣]
  • bulletproof vest
tánshèchū
弹射出
[彈射出]
  • to catapult
  • to shoot
liúxiàndàn
榴霰弹
[榴霰彈]
  • shrapnel shell
  • shrapnel
  • also pr. (liúsǎndàn)
yānmùdàn
烟幕弹
[煙幕彈]
  • smoke bomb
tántiàobǎn
弹跳板
[彈跳板]
  • springboard
dámǔdàn
达姆弹
[達姆彈]
  • dumdum bullet (loanword)
  • expanding bullet
pòjiǎdàn
破甲弹
[破甲彈]
  • armor piercing shell
yèguāngdàn
曳光弹
[曳光彈]
  • tracer ammunition
  • tracer
liúdànpào
榴弹炮
[榴彈炮]
  • howitzer
dànyàokù
弹药库
[彈藥庫]
  • ammunition dump
tánqiúpán
弹球盘
[彈球盤]
  • pachinko
zàidànliàng
载弹量
[載彈量]
  • payload
zhènhàndàn
震撼弹
[震撼彈]
  • stun grenade
  • (Tw) (fig.) sth that produces shockwaves
  • bombshell (revelation)
  • blockbuster (product)
dànzisuǒ
弹子锁
[彈子鎖]
  • pin tumbler lock
  • spring lock
tánhuángchèng
弹簧秤
[彈簧秤]
  • spring balance
dànzhūtái
弹珠台
[彈珠檯]
  • pinball
dòudàidàn
豆袋弹
[豆袋彈]
  • bean bag round
luàntánqín
乱弹琴
[亂彈琴]
  • to talk nonsense
  • to behave like a fool
dúqìdàn
毒气弹
[毒氣彈]
  • poison gas shell
  • poison gas grenade
zǐmǔdàn
子母弹
[子母彈]
  • (military) cluster bomb
  • shrapnel
shǒuliúdàn
手榴弹
[手榴彈]
  • hand grenade
shāoyídàn
烧夷弹
[燒夷彈]
  • incendiary bomb
tánshèzuòcāng
弹射座舱
[彈射座艙]
  • ejection capsule (cabin)
dànjìnyuánjué
弹尽援绝
[彈盡援絕]
  • out of ammunition and no hope of reinforcements (idiom); in desperate straits
tánshèzuòyǐ
弹射座椅
[彈射座椅]
  • ejection seat
zìzhìzhàdàn
自制炸弹
[自製炸彈]
  • improvised explosive device IED
dòngtanbudé
动弹不得
[動彈不得]
  • to be unable to move a single step
dǎodànqiántǐng
导弹潜艇
[導彈潛艇]
  • (guided) missile submarine
tánxìngmóliàng
弹性模量
[彈性模量]
  • modulus of elasticity
  • coefficient of restitution
fàngyānmùdàn
放烟幕弹
[放煙幕彈]
  • to spread a smokescreen
kōngkōngdǎodàn
空空导弹
[空空導彈]
  • air-to-air missile
qǐfēitánshè
起飞弹射
[起飛彈射]
  • takeoff catapult (on aircraft carrier)
hèqiāngshídàn
荷枪实弹
[荷槍實彈]
  • (idiom) armed
  • carrying a loaded firearm
zhōujìdǎodàn
洲际导弹
[洲際導彈]
  • intercontinental ballistic missile ICBM
gāokōngtántiào
高空弹跳
[高空彈跳]
  • bungee jumping (Tw)
zhàdànzhīfù
炸弹之父
[炸彈之父]
  • Aviation Thermobaric Bomb of Increased Power (ATBIP), or Father of All Bombs, a powerful Russian bomb
fǎndàndǎodàn
反弹导弹
[反彈導彈]
  • antimissile missile
luójízhàdàn
逻辑炸弹
[邏輯炸彈]
  • logic bomb
hóngsèzhàdàn
红色炸弹
[紅色炸彈]
  • (jocular) wedding invitation (lit. "red bomb", because wedding invitations use red paper, and invitees are expected to give a substantial sum of money as a wedding gift)
tángyīpàodàn
糖衣炮弹
[糖衣炮彈]
  • sugar-coated bullets, term used by Mao (originally in 1949) to refer to corrupting bourgeois influences
jíshùzhàdàn
集束炸弹
[集束炸彈]
  • cluster bomb
lièbiànzhàdàn
裂变炸弹
[裂變炸彈]
  • fission bomb
xúnhángdǎodàn
巡航导弹
[巡航導彈]
  • cruise missile
lǎodiàochóngtán
老调重弹
[老調重彈]
  • to play the same old tune (idiom); unoriginal
dànwánzhīdì
弹丸之地
[彈丸之地]
  • (idiom) tiny speck of land; small area
zǐdànhuǒchē
子弹火车
[子彈火車]
  • bullet train
  • Shinkansen 新幹線/新干线, Japanese high-speed train
fǎnjiàndǎodàn
反舰导弹
[反艦導彈]
  • anti-ship missile
yītánzhǐqǐng
一弹指顷
[一彈指頃]
  • a snap of the fingers (idiom); in a flash
  • in the twinkling of an eye
tánhuángdiànquān
弹簧垫圈
[彈簧墊圈]
  • spring washer
huàxuédànyào
化学弹药
[化學彈藥]
  • chemical ammunition
tánbōyuèqì
弹拨乐器
[彈撥樂器]
  • plucked string instrument
  • CL:件 (jiàn)
jiānshèdǎodàn
肩射导弹
[肩射導彈]
  • shoulder-fired missile
dàndàodǎodàn
弹道导弹
[彈道導彈]
  • ballistic missile
shēngwùdànyào
生物弹药
[生物彈藥]
  • biological ammunition
dìngshízhàdàn
定时炸弹
[定時炸彈]
  • time bomb
zhànshùdǎodàn
战术导弹
[戰術導彈]
  • tactical missile
lùjīdǎodàn
陆基导弹
[陸基導彈]
  • land-based missile
tánguānxiāngqìng
弹冠相庆
[彈冠相慶]
  • lit. to flick dust off sb's cap (idiom); to celebrate an official appointment
  • to congratulate and celebrate (promotion, graduation etc)
fǎndǎodǎodàn
反导导弹
[反導導彈]
  • anti-missile missile (such as the Patriot Missile)
duìniútánqín
对牛弹琴
[對牛彈琴]
  • lit. to play the lute to a cow (idiom)
  • fig. offering a treat to an unappreciative audience
  • to cast pearls before swine
  • caviar to the general
  • to preach to deaf ears
  • to talk over sb's head
liǎngdànyīxīng
两弹一星
[兩彈一星]
  • (China's achievements of) producing an atomic bomb (1964) and hydrogen bomb (1967) and launching a satellite into space (1970)
shēnshuǐzhàdàn
深水炸弹
[深水炸彈]
  • depth charge
zhòngbàngzhàdàn
重磅炸弹
[重磅炸彈]
  • (fig.) sth that produces shockwaves
  • bombshell (revelation)
  • blockbuster (product)
huàxuéhángdàn
化学航弹
[化學航彈]
  • chemical bomb
dànjìnliángjué
弹尽粮绝
[彈盡糧絕]
  • out of ammunition and no food left (idiom); in desperate straits
dànhénlěilěi
弹痕累累
[彈痕累累]
  • bullet-riddled
jìshízhàdàn
计时炸弹
[計時炸彈]
  • time bomb
tánzhǐzhījiān
弹指之间
[彈指之間]
  • (idiom) in a flash; instantly
yuánzǐbàodàn
原子爆弹
[原子爆彈]
  • atom bomb
zhàdànzhīmǔ
炸弹之母
[炸彈之母]
  • Massive Ordinance Air Blast (MOAB), or Mother of All Bombs, a powerful American bomb
zǐmǔzhàdàn
子母炸弹
[子母炸彈]
  • cluster bomb
qìchēzhàdàn
汽车炸弹
[汽車炸彈]
  • car bomb
jiùdiàochóngtán
旧调重弹
[舊調重彈]
  • replaying the same old tunes (idiom); conservative, unoriginal and discredited
  • to keep harping on about the same old stuff
tánxìngxíngbiàn
弹性形变
[彈性形變]
  • elastic deformation
kōngdìdǎodàn
空地导弹
[空地導彈]
  • air-to-surface missile
zǐmǔpàodàn
子母炮弹
[子母炮彈]
  • artillery cluster bomb
yuǎnchéngdǎodàn
远程导弹
[遠程導彈]
  • long distance missile
kōngduìkōngdǎodàn
空对空导弹
[空對空導彈]
  • air-to-air missile
zìshāshìzhàdàn
自杀式炸弹
[自殺式炸彈]
  • a suicide bomb
nínggùqìyóudàn
凝固汽油弹
[凝固汽油彈]
  • napalm
liúdànfāshèqì
榴弹发射器
[榴彈發射器]
  • grenade launcher
dànyàobǔjǐzhàn
弹药补给站
[彈藥補給站]
  • ammunition depot
dǎodànhéqiántǐng
导弹核潜艇
[導彈核潛艇]
  • nuclear-powered missile submarine
dìduìkōngdǎodàn
地对空导弹
[地對空導彈]
  • ground-to-air missile
tánzhǐyīhuījiān
弹指一挥间
[彈指一揮間]
  • in a flash (idiom)
yuánzǐbàopòdànyào
原子爆破弹药
[原子爆破彈藥]
  • atomic demolition munition
dàxíngkōngbàozhàdàn
大型空爆炸弹
[大型空爆炸彈]
  • Massive Ordinance Air Blast (MOAB), a powerful American bomb
nèibàofǎyuánzǐdàn
内爆法原子弹
[內爆法原子彈]
  • implosion atomic bomb
huǒjiàntuījìnliúdàn
火箭推进榴弹
[火箭推進榴彈]
  • rocket-propelled grenade (RPG)
zìshāzhàdànshāshǒu
自杀炸弹杀手
[自殺炸彈殺手]
  • suicide bomber
zhōujìdàndàodǎodàn
洲际弹道导弹
[洲際彈道導彈]
  • intercontinental ballistic missile ICBM
nán'éryǒulèibùqīngtán
男儿有泪不轻弹
[男兒有淚不輕彈]
  • real men do not easily cry (idiom)
fǎnjiàntǐngxúnhángdǎodàn
反舰艇巡航导弹
[反艦艇巡航導彈]
  • anti-ship cruise missile
hóngwàixiàndǎoyǐnfēidàn
红外线导引飞弹
[紅外線導引飛彈]
  • infrared guided missile
dǎodànwǔqìjìshùkòngzhìzhìdù
导弹武器技术控制制度
[導彈武器技術控制制度]
  • Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR)