弹 (彈) tán

1. tán verb to pluck a string; to play
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Music
   Notes: Used for string instruments (Guoyu '彈' tán v 3; XHZD '弹' tán 2, p. 727)
2. tán verb to flick; to fling; to prod
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (Guoyu '彈' tán v 7; XHZD '弹' tán 1, p. 727)
3. tán verb to shoot
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: Especially, from a catapult (Guoyu '彈' tán v 1; Unihan '彈'; XHZD '弹' tán 3, p. 728)
4. tán verb to impeach
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 纠劾 (Guoyu '彈' tán v 4; XHZD '弹' tán 4, p. 728)
5. dàn noun a pellet
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: Especially, an iron pellet shot from a catapult (Guoyu '彈' dàn n 1; XHZD '弹' dàn 1, p. 128)
6. dàn noun a bullet; an artillery shell; a bomb
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: For example, 子弹 'bullet' (Guoyu '彈' dàn n 2; XHZD '弹' dàn 2, p. 128)
7. dàn noun a catapult
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: As in 弹弓 (Guoyu '彈' dàn n 3)
8. dàn noun a bird or reptile egg
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: Same as 蛋 (Guoyu '彈' dàn n 4)
9. tán verb to strike
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 敲击 (Guoyu '彈' tán v 2)
10. tán verb to stretch or contract
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Guoyu '彈' tán v 5)
11. tán verb to fall
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 掉落 (Guoyu '彈' tán v 6)

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• 榴弹炮(榴彈炮) howitzer
• 震眩弹(震眩彈) stun grenade
• 弹牙(彈牙) al dente
• 球弹(球彈) ball (in sport, incl. billiards)
• 肩射导弹(肩射導彈) shoulder-fired missile
• 弹琴(彈琴) to play or strum a lute or other stringed instrument
• 弹拨乐(彈撥樂) plucked string music
• 弹痕(彈痕) bullet hole; shell hole
• 弹舌(彈舌) to cluck; to trill
• 弹匣(彈匣) magazine (for ammunition)
• 弹射座椅(彈射座椅) ejection seat
• 空对空导弹(空對空導彈) air-to-air missile
• 炸弹之父(炸彈之父) Aviation Thermobaric Bomb of Increased Power (ATBIP), or Father of All Bombs, a powerful Russian bomb
• 弹幕(彈幕) barrage; bullet screen, function which allows viewers to post on-screen comments in videos, movies etc in real time
• 弹无虚发(彈無虛發) the bullets will not be shot for nothing
• 弹纠(彈糾) to accuse; to impeach
• 达姆弹(達姆彈) dumdum bullet ; expanding bullet
• 弹道导弹(彈道導彈) ballistic missile
• 反导弹(反導彈) anti-missile
• 放烟幕弹(放煙幕彈) to spread a smokescreen
• 弹出(彈出) to eject; to exit from
• 汽车炸弹(汽車炸彈) car bomb
• 巡航导弹(巡航導彈) cruise missile
• 弹珠台(彈珠檯) pinball
• 自制炸弹(自製炸彈) improvised explosive device IED
• 裂变炸弹(裂變炸彈) fission bomb
• 自杀式炸弹(自殺式炸彈) a suicide bomb
• 臭弹(臭彈) dead bomb (i.e. not exploding on impact)
• 载弹量(載彈量) payload
• 避弹坑(避彈坑) foxhole
• 旧调重弹(舊調重彈) replaying the same old tunes; conservative, unoriginal and discredited
• 弹球(彈球) to play marbles
• 散弹枪(散彈槍) shotgun
• 动弹(動彈) to budge
• 彩弹(彩彈) paintball
• 化学航弹(化學航彈) chemical bomb
• 弹压(彈壓) to suppress; to quell (a disturbance); repression
• 装弹(裝彈) to charge (ammunition into gun); to load
• 地对空导弹(地對空導彈) ground-to-air missile
• 凝固汽油弹(凝固汽油彈) napalm
• 弹道(彈道) trajectory of a projectile; ballistic
• 弹拨(彈撥) to pluck (a string)
• 响尾蛇飞弹(響尾蛇飛彈) Sidewinder missile
• 红外线导引飞弹(紅外線導引飛彈) infrared guided missile
• 一弹指顷(一彈指頃) a snap of the fingers; in a flash; in the twinkling of an eye
• 计时炸弹(計時炸彈) time bomb
• 弹奏(彈奏) to play
• 防弹衣(防彈衣) bulletproof vest
• 弹坑(彈坑) bomb crater
• 汽车炸弹事件(汽車炸彈事件) car bombing

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Collocations

• 弹冠 (彈冠) 新沐者必彈冠 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《屈原賈生列傳》 Biographies of Qu Yuan and Master Jia — count: 10
• 弹五 (彈五) 舜彈五弦之琴 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷十四　詮言訓 Chapter 14: Explanation of Sayings — count: 8
• 弹弹 (彈彈) 帝常喜以彈彈人 — Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志, 卷四 魏書四 三少帝紀 Volume 4: Book of Wei 4 - Annals of the three young emperors — count: 6
• 善弹 (善彈) 帝善彈棊 — Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志, 卷二 魏書二 文帝紀 Volume 2: Book of Wei 2 - Annals of Emperor Wen — count: 5
• 弹剑 (彈劍) 客復彈劍而歌曰 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《孟嘗君列傳》 Biography of Lord Mengchang — count: 4
• 弹违 (彈違) 舉善彈違 — Book of Jin 晉書, 卷三 帝紀第三 世祖武帝 Volume 3 Annals 3: Emperor Wu — count: 4
• 操弹 (操彈) 刃壯者胡丸操彈居其下 — Guanzi 管子, 輕重戊第八十四 Chapter 84: Weight V — count: 4
• 舜弹 (舜彈) 舜彈五弦之琴 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷十四　詮言訓 Chapter 14: Explanation of Sayings — count: 4
• 挟弹 (挾彈) 請挾彈懷丸游水上 — Guanzi 管子, 輕重丁第八十三 Chapter 83: Weight IV — count: 3
• 琴弹 (琴彈) 索琴彈之 — Book of Jin 晉書, 卷四十九 列傳第十九 阮籍 嵇康 向秀 劉伶 謝鯤 胡毋輔之 畢卓 王尼 羊曼 光逸 Volume 49 Biographies 19: Ruan Ji; Ji Kang; Xiang Xiu; Liu Ling; Xie Kun; Huwu Fuzhi; Bi Zhuo; Wang Ni; Yang Man; Guang Yi — count: 3