dàn tán

bullet; shell; shot

Character data

Radical ⼸ (57.12)
Strokes 15
SIMPLIFIED

Definitions

彈 dàn
  1. 1. bullet
  2. 2. shell
  3. 3. shot
  4. 4. ball
  5. 5. crossball
彈 tán
  1. 1. to play (a string instrument)
  2. 2. to pluck (a string)
  3. 3. to flick
  4. 4. elastic (of materials)
  5. 5. to flip
  6. 6. to shoot (e.g. with a catapult)
  7. 7. to spring or leap
  8. 8. to accuse
  9. 9. to impeach
  10. 10. (of cotton) to fluff or tease

Words containing 彈

Word Meaning
ground-to-air missile
Massive Ordinance Air Blast (MOAB), a powerful American bomb
bullet
bullet train; Shinkansen 线xīn gàn xiàn, Japanese high-speed train
(military) cluster bomb; shrapnel
artillery cluster bomb
cluster bomb
time bomb
live ammunition
to preach to deaf ears
guided missile; missile; cruise missile
nuclear-powered missile submarine
Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR)
(guided) missile submarine
bomblet (of cluster bomb)
cruise missile
bean bag round
pellet
to congratulate and celebrate (promotion, graduation etc)
to pop up; to exit from; to eject
elasticity; elastic force; bounce
to impeach; to accuse of misconduct (in official task)
magazine (for ammunition)
to sing and play (plucked string instrument)
to rebound