歎 tàn

  1. tàn verb to sigh
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Variant of 叹, traditional 嘆 (CC-CEDICT '歎'; Guoyu '歎' v 3; Kroll 2015 '歎' 1, p. 443; Unihan '歎'; XHZD '叹', p. 729)
  2. tàn verb to praise
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 赞美 (Guoyu '歎' v 2; Kroll 2015 '歎' 1b, p. 443)
  3. tàn verb to lament
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '歎' 1a, p. 443)
  4. tàn verb to chant; to recite
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 咏歎 (Guoyu '歎' v 1; Kroll 2015 '歎' 3, p. 443)
  5. tàn noun a chant
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: As a genre of poetry (Guoyu '歎' n)
  6. tàn verb praise; abhiṣṭuta
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教
    Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: abhiṣṭuta (BCSD '歎', p. 681; MW 'abhiṣṭuta'; SH '歎', p. 439)

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歎气 、 哀歎 、 唉声歎气 、 歎息 、 咏歎 、 歎惋 、 惊歎 、 唉歎

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