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嘆

tàn

sigh, admire

Strokes
14
Radical
口
HSK
—
Tone
4

Simplified form: 叹

Stroke order

Our word list and example sentences are in simplified characters. Everything below is for 叹, the simplified form of 嘆. We do not have a traditional-script corpus to draw the words from, so they are shown as they are written in simplified Chinese.

Example sentences

  • 我们感叹这美景。

    Wǒ men gǎn tàn zhè měi jǐng

    We admired the beauty of the scenery.

  • 看见这副景象,我不禁叹了口气。

    Kàn jiàn zhè fù jǐng xiàng wǒ bù jìn tàn le kǒu qì

    Seeing this scene, I couldn’t help but sigh.

  • 感叹号是标点符号。

    Gǎn tàn hào shì biāo diǎn fú hào

    An exclamation mark is a punctuation mark.

  • 母亲又站了一会,然后叹着气回到了自己的房间。

    Mǔ qīn yòu zhàn le yī huì rán hòu tàn zhe qì huí dào le zì jǐ de fáng jiān

    My mother stood for awhile, then sighed as she returned to her room.

Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), contributed by their community.

Words containing 叹

  • 赞叹zàn tàn 4–4 to exclaim in admiration
  • 叹气tàn qì 4–4 to sigh; to heave a sigh
  • 惊叹jīng tàn 1–4 to exclaim in admiration; a gasp of surprise
  • 感叹gǎn tàn 3–4 to sigh (with feeling); to lament
  • 赞叹不已zàn tàn bù yǐ 4–4–4–3to be full of praise (idiom)