坦 tǎn
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 土 — soil, earth
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
坦言
tǎnyán
to state frankly; frank statement
Characters in this word
言 yán
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 言 — words, speech
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 市长坦言，旧城区改造涉及的利益关系比预想更复杂。 Shìzhǎng tǎnyán, jiù chéngqū gǎizào shèjí de lìyì guānxi bǐ yùxiǎng gèng fùzá. The mayor frankly stated that the interests involved in renovating the old district were more complex than expected.
- 他在采访中坦言自己曾经想过放弃。 Tā zài cǎifǎng zhōng tǎnyán zìjǐ céngjīng xiǎng guò fàngqì. In the interview he frankly admitted that he had once thought about giving up.
- 报告中坦言，公司去年的利润明显下降。 Bàogào zhōng tǎnyán, gōngsī qùnián de lìrùn míngxiǎn xiàjiàng. The report frankly states that the company's profits dropped noticeably last year.
Related words
- 平坦 píngtǎn flat; even
- 坦白 tǎnbái frank; to confess
- 坦诚 tǎnchéng honest and open; frank
- 坦克 tǎnkè tank
- 坦然 tǎnrán calm; composed
- 坦率 tǎnshuài frank; candid
- 语言 yǔyán language
- 发言 fāyán to speak; to make a speech
- 言语 yányǔ speech; words
- 方言 fāngyán dialect
- 自言自语 zìyánzìyǔ to talk to oneself
- 不言而喻 bùyán'éryù self-evident; it goes without saying