叹
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to sigh; to exclaim
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Dict coverage rank #1,700 U+53F9
How 叹 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
A mouth 口 exhaling 又
How to remember it
sigh · Heisig RSH #1882
口 mouth + crotch
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words containing 叹
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 自叹不如 | zì tàn bù rú | to consider oneself as being not as good as the others |
| 叹口气 | tàn kǒu qì | to sigh |
| 一唱三叹 | yī chàng sān tàn | (idiom) (of literature or music) concise yet deeply evocative; inviting repeated savoring |
| 望而兴叹 | wàng ér xīng tàn | to sigh (in dismay, admiration etc) |
| 付之一叹 | fù zhī yī tàn | to dismiss with a sigh (idiom); a hopeless case |
| 感叹语 | gǎn tàn yǔ | exclamation; expletive |
| 望洋兴叹 | wàng yáng xīng tàn | (lit.) to gaze at the ocean and lament one's inadequacy (idiom); (fig.) to feel powerless … |
| 感叹号 | gǎn tàn hào | exclamation point; exclamation mark (!) |
| 感叹词 | gǎn tàn cí | interjection (part of speech); exclamation |
| 叹为观止 | tàn wéi guān zhǐ | (idiom) to gasp in amazement; to acclaim as the peak of perfection |
| 惊叹号 | jīng tàn hào | exclamation point; exclamation mark (!) |
| 叹气 | tàn qì | to sigh; to heave a sigh |
| 长叹 | cháng tàn | long sigh; deep sigh |
| 可叹 | kě tàn | lamentable; sad(ly) |
| 叹号 | tàn hào | exclamation point; exclamation mark (!) |
| 叹词 | tàn cí | interjection; exclamation |
| 惊叹不已 | jīng tàn bù yǐ | to exclaim in astonishment |
| 感叹 | gǎn tàn | to sigh (with feeling); to lament |
| 叹服 | tàn fú | (to gasp) with admiration |
| 感叹句 | gǎn tàn jù | exclamation; exclamatory phrase |