团
tuán HSK3

ball

团 (團) tuán frequency
mass measure word
classifier for a lump, wad, or soft mass like wool or smoke

山间升起了一团白雾。

shān jiān shēng​qǐ le yī tuán bái wù.

A mass of white mist rose in the mountains.

functional group noun
a specific group of atoms within a molecule that is responsible for the characteristic chemical reactions of those molecules

这个分子的侧链上含有一个具有特定活性的官能团。

zhè​ge fēn​zǐ de cè​liàn shàng hán​yǒu yī gè jù​yǒu tè​dìng huó​xìng de guān​néng​tuán.

The side chain of this molecule contains a functional group with a specific activity.

ball noun
a round mass or lump

猫在地上玩一个毛线团。

māo zài dì shàng wán yī gè máo​xiàn tuán.

The cat is playing with a ball of yarn on the floor.

group noun
an organized group, society, or military regiment

他报名参加了一个去北京的旅游团。

tā bào​míng cān​jiā le yī gè qù Běi​jīng de lǚ​yóu tuán.

He signed up for a tour group to Beijing.

roll verb
to roll something into a ball or to gather together

他把信纸团起来，扔进了废纸篓里。

tā bǎ xìn​zhǐ tuán qi​lai, rēng jìn le fèi​zhǐ lǒu lǐ.

He crumpled up the letter and threw it into the wastebasket.

团 (糰) tuán
dumpling noun

他在冬至那天吃了好几个汤团。

tā zài Dōng​zhì nà tiān chī le hǎo​jǐ gè tāng​tuán.

He ate several sweet rice balls on the winter solstice.

Frequency
Character
Written text
405th most common 538.2 per million
Movie subtitles
651st most common 208.1 per million appears in 54% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
32.1 per million appears in 12% of films
Written text
140.3 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 5
HSK 3.0
Level 3
Traditional
團糰
Strokes
6
Unicode
U+56E2

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)