弹 dàn / tán in a sentence
Bullet (ball - bomb); To play (musical instrument)
弹 (dàn / tán) means Bullet (ball - bomb), To play (musical instrument). Below are 11 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
他会 弹 好几种乐器。
Tā huì tán hǎo jǐ zhǒng yuèqì.
He can play several instruments.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 乐器
这种材料 弹 性很好。
Zhè zhǒng cáiliào tánxìng hěn hǎo.
This material is very elastic.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 弹性
这把枪里没有子 弹 。
Zhè bǎ qiāng lǐ méiyǒu zǐdàn.
There are no bullets in this gun.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 子弹
我妹妹正在学 弹 钢琴。
Wǒ mèimei zhèngzài xué tán gāngqín.
My younger sister is learning the piano.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 弹钢琴
他即兴 弹 了一支曲子。
Tā jíxìng tán le yì zhī qǔzi.
He improvised a tune on the spot.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 曲子
他照着乐谱 弹 了一遍。
Tā zhàozhe yuèpǔ tán le yí biàn.
He played it through from the score.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 乐谱
双方同意削减导 弹 数量。
Shuāngfāng tóngyì xuējiǎn dǎodàn shùliàng.
Both sides agreed to reduce the number of missiles.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 导弹
公司实行 弹 性工作时间。
Gōngsī shíxíng tánxìng gōngzuò shíjiān.
The company operates flexible working hours.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 弹性
警察检查了现场的子 弹 。
Jǐngchá jiǎnchá le xiànchǎng de zǐdàn.
The police examined the bullets at the scene.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 子弹
这种导 弹 的射程超过一千公里。
Zhè zhǒng dǎodàn de shèchéng chāoguò yìqiān gōnglǐ.
This missile has a range of over a thousand kilometres.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 导弹
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How is 弹 used in a sentence?
This page shows 11 sentences using 弹 (dàn / tán, "Bullet (ball - bomb), To play (musical instrument)"), 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 弹 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 弹 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
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The dictionary page for 弹 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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