叹 (tàn) means To sigh (marvel at). Below are 4 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
光 叹 气解决不了问题。
Guāng tàn qì jiějué bu liǎo wèntí.
Sighing alone will not solve the problem.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 叹气
他看着账单，忍不住 叹 气。
Tā kànzhe zhàngdān, rěn bu zhù tàn qì.
Looking at the bill, he could not help sighing.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 叹气
大家都对他的技艺赞 叹 不已。
Dàjiā dōu duì tā de jìyì zàntàn bùyǐ.
Everyone marvelled at his skill.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 赞叹
看到这景色，他忍不住赞 叹 。
Kàndào zhè jǐngsè, tā rěn bu zhù zàntàn.
At the sight he could not help exclaiming in admiration.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 赞叹
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Words that contain 叹
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Questions about 叹
How is 叹 used in a sentence?
This page shows 4 sentences using 叹 (tàn, "To sigh (marvel at)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 叹 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 叹 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Where can I see the full entry for 叹?
The dictionary page for 叹 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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