坦 (taan2 | tan3) : wide and smooth; composed

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坦

taan2

tan3

[1] wide and smooth; broad and level
[2] composed; self-possessed; calm
[3] frank; straightforward; open

Stroke count: 8

Level: 3

Radical: 土 (#32)

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

坦

This word has been viewed 6451 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 20th Aug 2009 14:41

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坦克 taan2 hak1 tan3 ke4 = tank (military vehicle)

坦白 taan2 baak6 tan3 bai2 = frank; confess

平坦 ping4 taan2 ping2 tan3 = flat

坦途 taan2 tou4 tan3 tu2 = highway; level road

坦蕩 taan2 dong6 tan3 dang4 = magnanimous; broad and level

坦然 taan2 jin4 tan3 ran2 = calm; undisturbed

坦克車 taan2 hak1 ce1 tan3 ke4 che1 = tank (armored vehicle)

坦率 taan2 seot1 tan3 shuai4 = candid; frank; straightforward; blunt; open

坦言 taan2 jin4 tan3 yin2 = to acknowledge frankly

坦誠 taan2 sing4 tan3 cheng2 = frank, candid
See all 38 compounds (CantoDict reports 44 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

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有時淨係叫坦克粵
Sometimes it's shortened to "tank".
[Lit. Have-times only call "tank". [坦克 is short for 坦克車.]]

坦克車係一架有履帶嘅戰鬥車粵
A tank is a war machine with caterpillar tracks.

波拉特係個哈薩克斯坦人；佢唔係美國人呀粵
Borat is from Kazakhstan; he is not an American.

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Decimal representation of this word: 坦
Unicode code for this character: U+5766 (off-site link)

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