弹
tándàn HSK5

bullet, pellet

弹 彈 tán frequency
to play; to flick verb
to pluck or play a musical instrument; to flick or flip with the finger; to shoot (an object) with a catapult or by releasing a finger

你会弹吉他吗？

nǐ huì tán jí​tā ma?

Can you play the guitar?

她钢琴弹得很好。

tā gāng​qín tán de hěn hǎo.

She plays the piano very well.

to bounce verb
to spring or leap; to bounce back; (bound form) to be flexible, elastic, or resilient
to fluff
to fluff or tease fibers like cotton or wool using a spring-bow tool
to accuse
(bound form) to accuse; to impeach; to criticize someone's conduct to the authorities
to shed
to shed or drop; usually used in the expression meaning "men do not easily shed tears"
to weigh
to adjust the weight on a balance or scale
弹 彈 dàn
bullet noun
bullet; ball; shell; bomb; (bound form) small pellet used as a projectile from a catapult or slingshot
egg
(variant of 蛋 dàn) egg; bird's egg
catapult
(archaic) a catapult or slingshot

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Frequency
Character
Written text
632nd most common 327.7 per million
Movie subtitles
575th most common 244.7 per million appears in 45% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
60.6 per million appears in 15% of films
Written text
32.8 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 4
HSK 3.0
Level 5
Traditional
彈
Strokes
11
Unicode
U+5F39

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