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弹
彈
dàn
1. crossball
2. bullet
3. shot
4. shell
5. ball
Very Common • Top 1%

Character Breakdown (Single character)

弹
dàn
bullet, pellet, shell; elastic, springy
HSK 4 11 丶

Compound Words (20)

核弹
hédàn
nuclear warhead
球弹
qiúdàn
ball (in sport, incl. billiards)
弹头
dàntóu
warhead
柘弹
zhèdàn
slingshot made from the [[柘<zhè>]] tree
氢弹
qīngdàn
H-bomb
爆弹
bàodàn
bomb
弹道
dàndào
trajectory (of a projectile)
弹雨
dànyǔ
hail of bullets
彩弹
cǎidàn
paintball
投弹
tóudàn
to throw an explosive charge
母弹
mǔdàn
parent shell (of a cluster bomb)
炮弹
pàodàn
artillery shell
炸弹
zhàdàn
bomb
弹片
dànpiàn
shrapnel
弹壳
dànké
ammunition case
弹痕
dànhén
bullet hole
子弹
zǐdàn
bullet
HSK 6
卡弹
kǎdàn
to jam (rifle)
枪弹
qiāngdàn
bullet
漆弹
qīdàn
paintball (sport involving shooting gelatin paintballs)

Alternate Entries

弹
tán
to 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)

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
4
Character Frequency Rank
631
Word Frequency Rank
596 of 84,292