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彈

dàn

pellet, bullet, shot, shell

Strokes
15
Radical
弓
HSK
—
Tone
4

Simplified form: 弹

Stroke order

Our word list and example sentences are in simplified characters. Everything below is for 弹, the simplified form of 彈. 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

  • 他弹得很好。

    Tā tán de hěn hǎo

    He plays very well.

  • 给我们弹一手。

    Gěi wǒ men tán yī shǒu

    Play us a tune.

  • 他弹得多好啊！

    Tā tán de duō hǎo ā

    How well he played!

  • 我没看见什么弹孔。

    Wǒ méi kàn jiàn shén me dàn kǒng

    I don't see any bullet holes.

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

Words containing 弹

  • 弹dàn 4crossball; bullet; shot; shell; ball
  • 子弹zǐ dàn 3–4 bullet
  • 炸弹zhà dàn 4–4 bomb
  • 导弹dǎo dàn 3–4 (guided) missile
  • 弹性tán xìng 2–4 flexibility; elasticity
  • 反弹fǎn tán 3–2 to bounce; to bounce back; to boomerang; to ricochet; rebound (of stock market etc); bounce; backlash; negative repercussions
  • 动弹dòng tan 4–5to budge
  • 弹tán 2to pluck (a string); to play (a string instrument); to spring or leap; to shoot (e.g. with a catapult); (of cotton) to fluff or tease; to flick; to flip; to accuse; to impeach; elastic (of materials)