tán

Traditional:

弹 (tán) is a Chinese word meaning “to pluck (a string); to play (a string instrument); to spring or leap”.

Meanings

  1. 1to pluck (a string)
  2. 2to play (a string instrument)
  3. 3to spring or leap
  4. 4to shoot (e.g. with a catapult)
  5. 5(of cotton) to fluff or tease
  6. 6to flick
  7. 7to flip
  8. 8to accuse
  9. 9to impeach
  10. 10elastic (of materials)
Part of speech
verb

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