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摊

tān

to spread out; stall; to share out

A person smoothing out a large map on a wide wooden table
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Character

摊 tān

Strokes
13
Radical
扌 — hand
Made of
扌 hand 难 hard, difficult, arduous
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

Example phrases

  • 他把地图摊在桌上,逐段分析可能的撤离路线。 Tā bǎ dìtú tān zài zhuō shàng, zhúduàn fēnxī kěnéng de chèlí lùxiàn. He spread the map out on the table and analysed the possible evacuation routes section by section.
  • 晚上集市上摆摊的人真多,卖什么的都有。 Wǎnshang jíshì shàng bǎi tān de rén zhēn duō, mài shénme de dōu yǒu. In the evening there are so many people running stalls at the market; they sell all kinds of things.
  • 这笔费用大家平摊,一人出五百就行。 Zhè bǐ fèiyòng dàjiā píng tān, yī rén chū wǔbǎi jiù xíng. Let's share this expense evenly; five hundred each will do.

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