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弹
彈
tán
v. pluck a string instrument; play a keyboard
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Other meanings
[dàn]char. bullet, bomb; pellet, ball
[tán]v. to shoot (with a slingshot), to send forth; to flick, to flip
[tán]char. to be elastic; to accuse or impeach
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CHARACTER COMPOSITION
RADICAL
弓 bow
SIMILAR CHARACTERS
WRITE STROKE BY STROKE
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
Simplified stroke orders are based on the 'Standard of National Commonly-used Mandarin Chinese Characters (现代汉语通用字笔顺规范)', issued by the China National Language and Character Working Committee (国家语言文字工作委员会) on April 7th 1997. Traditional stroke orders are based on information issued by the Taiwan Ministry of Education.
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弹琴
彈琴
tán qín
v. play a keyboard or a stringed instrument
她喜欢弹古筝。
她喜歡彈古箏。
tā xǐ huan tán gǔ zhēng
phr. She likes playing ancient zither.
对牛弹琴
對牛彈琴
duì niú tán qín
phr. play the lute to a cow (to have the wrong audience)
弹吉他
彈吉他
tán jí tā
phr. play the guitar
她弹得真好!
她彈得真好!
tā tán de zhēn hǎo
phr. How good she is at playing (the piano, the guitar, etc.)!
她喜欢弹钢琴。
她喜歡彈鋼琴。
tā xǐ huan tán gāng qín
phr. She likes playing the piano.
我四岁开始学习弹钢琴。
我四歲開始學習彈鋼琴。
wǒ sì suì kāi shǐ xué xí tán gāng qín .
phr. When I was four, I started to learn how to play the piano.