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彈
简 弹 · 繁 彈Characters in this entry
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Mandarin tones
4 · dan4
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Compare dictionary sources Wiktionary · 18 senses · 3 Cantonese readings
Rime Cantonese 粵拼
daan2 · daan6 · taan4
Cantonese word readings for 彈. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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Wiktionary English definitions · Chinese section
Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.
character
- to shoot (with a slingshot); to catapult; to eject
- to flick; to fluff; to strike
- (music) to play (a stringed musical instrument)
- to accuse; to criticise; to expose
- to spring; to leap; to bounce
- bouncy; elastic
- (traditional Chinese medicine) to puncture
- (of tear) to fall
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to weigh
- (Cantonese) to reject
- (Eastern Min) to shine
- (Eastern Min) to look at oneself in the mirror
- (Southern Min) to blather; to speak nonsense
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- shot; pellet
- slingshot
- (obsolete) alternative form of 蛋 (dàn, “egg”)
- bullet; shot
- bomb; shell
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