彈 (daan2 daan6 taan4 | dan4 tan2) : pellet; catapult; bounce; pluck; impeach

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彈

daan2 daan6 taan4

dan4 tan2

[粵] daan2 | [國] dan4
[n] pellet; ball; bullet; bomb

[粵] daan6 | [國] tan2
[1] [v] catapult; shoot off; flick; flip
[2] [v] bounce; spring; leap
[3] [n] elasticity; spring; stretch

[粵] taan4 | [國] tan2
[1] [v] pluck; strum; play (a musical instrument)
[2] [v] accuse; criticize; attack in speech/writing

"Pellet" (the most common meaning) is mostly used as the last syllable of a noun and read as daan2. Occasionally, however, it could be read as daan6 esp when placed not as the last syllable.

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Stroke count: 15

Level: 1

Radical: 弓 (#57)

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

彈 / 弹

This word has been viewed 10867 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 23rd Jun 2016 10:57

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彈奏 taan4 zau3 tan2 zou4 = to play (musical instrument, esp. string)

彈結他 taan4 git3 taa1 = to play a guitar 粵

核彈 hat6 daan2 he2 dan4 = nuclear bomb

彈床 daan6 cong4 dan4 chuang2 = trampoline 粵

炸彈 zaa3 daan6*2 zha4 dan4 = bomb

彈性 daan6 sing3 tan2 xing4 = elasticity, flexibility

手榴彈 sau2 lau4 daan6*2 shou3 liu2 dan4 = hand grenade

原子彈 jyun4 zi2 daan6*2 yuan2 zi3 dan4 = atomic bomb; atom bomb

子彈 zi2 daan6*2 zi3 dan4 = bullet

彈藥 daan6*2 joek6 dan4 yao4 = ammunition
See all 93 compounds (CantoDict reports 107 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

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佢嘅服務態度冇得彈粵
Her attitude toward serving people couldn't be better.
[[國] 她的服務態度沒得挑 ]

示威者向警察掟石﹐而警察用橡膠子彈回敬。粵
Protesters threw stones at the police, who responded with rubber bullets.
[Cantonese version has the two prepositional phrases placed before the two verbs; English version has the same placed after. ]

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