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滩 tān

rapids; sandbar, shoal

Strokes
13
Level
HSK 5
Radical
氵
Traditional
灘
Type
Ideograph
Made of 氵难 ⿰氵难

Memory hint: Difficult 难 waters 氵 to navigate; 难 also provides the pronunciation

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Example sentences with 滩

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  1. 我们在沙滩上散步。
    Wǒmen zài shātān shàng sànbù.
    We took a walk on the beach.
    we at beach on walk
  2. 你喜欢去沙滩玩吗？
    Nǐ xǐhuan qù shātān wán ma?
    Do you like going to the beach to play?
    you like go beach play (question)
  3. 我们去沙滩晒晒太阳吧。
    Wǒmen qù shātān shàishai tàiyáng ba.
    Let's go to the beach to sunbathe a bit.
    we go beach sun-a-bit sun (suggestion)
  4. 这片沙滩人不多。
    Zhè piàn shātān rén bù duō.
    This stretch of beach doesn't have many people.
    this (measure) beach person not many
  5. 夏天，沙滩上到处都是游客。
    Xiàtiān, shātān shàng dàochù dōu shì yóukè.
    In summer, the beach is full of tourists everywhere.
    summer, beach on everywhere all is tourist

Words with 滩 (1)