灘 (taan1 | tan1) : beach; bank; shoal

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灘

taan1

tan1

beach; bank; shoal; sandbar

Stroke count: 22

Level: 2

Radical: 水 (#85)

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

灘 / 滩

This word has been viewed 4878 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 6th May 2014 15:45

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沙灘 saa1 taan1 sha1 tan1 = beach

沙灘巾 saa1 taan1 gan1 sha1 tan1 jin1 = beach towel

上海灘 soeng6 hoi2 taan1 shang4 hai3 tan1 = the Shanghai Bund

外灘 ngoi6 taan1 wai4 tan1 = the Bund in Shanghai

海灘 hoi2 taan1 hai3 tan1 = beach

前灘 cin4 taan1 = foreshore

沙灘老鼠 saa1 taan1 lou5 syu2 sha1 tan1 lao3 shu3 = beach robbers

淺灘 cin2 taan1 qian3 tan1 = a shoal; shallow beach; a sand bank

沙灘波 saa1 taan1 bo1 sha1 tan1 bo1 = beach ball 粵

搶灘 coeng2 taan1 qiang3 taan1 = 1. capture a beachhead 2.rush to take over a market
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Showing all 2 examples containing 灘

我走向沙灘國
I walked towards the beach.
[Could possibly be used in spoken Cantonese too, an editor will confirm soon. bernard: spoken cantonese would have a different sentence structure to express this.]

我走遍沙灘國
I walk all along the beach.

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 灘
Unicode code for this character: U+7058 (off-site link)

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