I can play Chopin.
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弹
Traditional: 彈
dàn
HSK 3.0 · 5HSK 2.0 · 4
dàn · daan6 (Jyutping)
- crossball
- bullet
- shot
- shell
- ball
tán · daan6 (Jyutping)
- 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)
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Character breakdown
弹
- Meaning
- pellet, bullet, shot, shell
- Radical
- 弓
- Strokes
- 11
- Components
- ⿰弓单
- Cangjie
- NCWJ
- Four-corner
- 1825
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Example sentences
Mary plays the piano.
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