壇 (taan4 | tan2) : altar; forum; professional circles

Remove Adverts and gain lots of extra features
What is this page showing me?

壇

taan4

tan2

[1] altar; temple; flower terrace
[2] forum; platform; arena
[3] professional circles
[4] triad organization

Stroke count: 16

Level: 3

Radical: 土 (#32)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

壇 / 坛

This word has been viewed 9913 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 21st Apr 2014 02:06

Output this character as a high resolution image

文壇 man4 taan4 wen2 tan2 = literary circles

論壇 leon6 taan4 lun4 tan2 = forum (for discussion)

政壇 zing3 taan4 = political world/circles

樂壇 ngok6 taan4 yue4 tan2 = stage; music circles

醮壇 ziu3 taan4 = a temporary altar for prayer

天壇 tin1 taan4 tian1 tan2 = the Temple of Heaven

社壇 se5 taan4 = shrine of the Earth God

劇壇 kek6 taan4 ju4 tan2 = the world of Chinese opera; theatrical circles

影壇 jing2 taan4 ying3 tan2 = movie circle; in the realm of show business; moviedom

祭壇 zai3 taan4 ji4 tan2 = altar
See all 23 compounds (CantoDict reports 25 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing 1 example containing 壇

呢壇嘢要從長計議，小心駛得晚年船呀粵
We must consider this matter more carefully; being cautious will help us go a long way.

Forum Code to link to this word:
[big][url=http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/characters/1681/]壇[/url][/big]
HTML Code to link to this word:
<a href="http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/characters/1681/" class="chinesemed" target="_blank">壇</a>
Decimal representation of this word: 壇
Unicode code for this character: U+58c7 (off-site link)

Search CantoDict (safe search is on)

Please note, CantoDict currently supports searching for Simplified Chinese, but results will be returned in Traditional Chinese.

Hide Written and Spoken Hide Written 國 Hide Spoken粵

This page shows, from top to bottom:

a large version of the character in a traditional script font which you may need to install

: the Cantonese Jyutping romanisation (pronunciation) Also, CantoDict uses a unique "asterisk (*)" convention, to show readings such as jyu^4*2. For more information please see CantoDict Tone Conventions.

: the Mandarin pronunciation of the word in pinyin.
a detailed description of all the meanings
the number of strokes needed to write the character correctly
our arbitrarily assigned difficulty level
a smaller version of the character in a computerised, printed font, along with the PRC simplified version if applicable
a list of characters which look similar and are therefore possible sources of confusion (where relevant)
a list of compound words that use this character, ordered by difficulty level.
(we would really appreciate new volunteers to add some more compound words to the database so please post to the CantoDict forum if you would like to spend an occasional 10 mins or so helping)


Characters \| Words \| Sentences \| Chinese Translation \| Chinese Tests \| Forums \| Search Customise CantoDict \| My Vocab Lists \| Useful Reports and Stats \| CantoDict Forum