痰 tán
noun
phlegm; mucus; spittle
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '痰'; Guoyu '痰' n 1; Unihan '痰'; Wikipedia '痰')
Contained in
- 黏痰 phlegm
- 痰盂儿(痰盂兒) spittoon
- 祛痰药(祛痰藥) medicine to dispel phlegm (TCM)
- 咳痰 to cough up phlegm; to expectorate
- 鱼生火，肉生痰，青菜豆腐保平安(魚生火，肉生痰，青菜豆腐保平安) fish brings heat, meat brings phlegm, vegetables and tofu keep you healthy
- 化痰 to transform phlegm
- 痰盂 spittoon
- 理气化痰(理氣化痰) (TCM) to rectify qi and transform phlegm
- 痰液 saliva; spittle
- 吐痰 to spit; to expectorate
- 祛痰 to dispel phlegm (TCM)
- 痰盂式 spittoon-shaped
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- 第二回 Chapter 82 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 13
- 第四十七回 Chapter 47 The Scholars 儒林外史 — count: 10
- 第二回 Chapter 57 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 5
- 第三回 Chapter 3 The Scholars 儒林外史 — count: 5
- 第二回 Chapter 95 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 4
- 第四十五回 Chapter 45 The Scholars 儒林外史 — count: 4
- 第十一回 Chapter 11 The Scholars 儒林外史 — count: 3
- 第二回 Chapter 83 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 3
- 卷二百九十九 列傳第一百八十七 方伎 Volume 299 Biographies 187: Divination History of Ming 明史 — count: 3
- 第六十九回 Chapter 69 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 3
Collocations
- 三痰 (三痰) 認得是縣裏喫葷飯的朋友唐三痰 — The Scholars 儒林外史, 第四十五回 Chapter 45 — count: 14
- 痰盒 (痰盒) 並茗碗痰盒等物 — Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢, 第二回 Chapter 3 — count: 13
- 痰迷 (痰迷) 痰迷心竅 — The Scholars 儒林外史, 第四回 Chapter 4 — count: 7
- 痰来 (痰來) 方纔吐出幾口痰來 — The Scholars 儒林外史, 第三回 Chapter 3 — count: 4
- 痰道 (痰道) 唐三痰道 — The Scholars 儒林外史, 第四十五回 Chapter 45 — count: 4
- 痰症 (痰症) 一過痰症 — The Scholars 儒林外史, 第十一回 Chapter 11 — count: 4
- 痰火 (痰火) 此痰火虛逆之症 — History of Ming 明史, 卷二百九十九 列傳第一百八十七 方伎 Volume 299 Biographies 187: Divination — count: 3
- 痰响 (痰響) 嚴監生喉嚨裏痰響得一進一出 — The Scholars 儒林外史, 第五回 Chapter 5 — count: 2
- 痰疾 (痰疾) 姑鄧患痰疾 — History of Ming 明史, 卷三百〇二 列傳第一百九十 列女二 Volume 302 Biographies 190: Exemplary Women 2 — count: 2
- 痰气 (痰氣) 一縣的人都說他有些痰氣 — The Scholars 儒林外史, 第四十七回 Chapter 47 — count: 2