诞 (dàn): birth, birthday, brag
诞 (dàn) is a Chinese character meaning “birth.” Classified as HSK Level 6 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 讠 (semantic) and 延 (phonetic). It ranks #1970 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 诞 speech. Its radical form 讠 (speech) appears in many related characters such as 认 (rèn, to recognize, to admit), 记 (jì, to remember, to record), 识 (shí, to know, knowledge).
Definitions
- birth
- birthday
- brag
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 诞
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 圣诞 | shèng dàn | Christmas |
| 圣诞节 | shèng dàn jié | Christmas time |
| 圣诞老人 | shèng dàn lǎo rén | Father Christmas |
| 圣诞树 | shèng dàn shù | Christmas tree |
| 荒诞 | huāng dàn | beyond belief |
| 怪诞 | guài dàn | freak |
| 圣诞卡 | shèng dàn kǎ | Christmas card |
| 荒诞不经 | huāng dàn bù jīng | absurd |
| 诞辰 | dàn chén | birthday |
| 怪诞不经 | guài dàn bù jīng | uncanny |
| 圣诞快乐 | shèng dàn kuài lè | Merry Christmas |
| 佛诞日 | fó dàn rì | Buddha's Birthday (8th day of the 4th Lunar month) |
| 毛诞节 | máo dàn jié | Mao Zedong’s birthday, December 26th |
| 放诞不羁 | fàng dàn bù jī | wanton and unrestrained (idiom) |
| 任诞 | rèn dàn | dissipated |
诞 appears in 29 compound words: 10 as the first character, 24 as the last, and 66 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 诞 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (6)
Example Sentences
请诞细阅读合同条款，再签字确认。
qǐng dàn xì yuè dòu gě tóng tiáo kuǎn , zài qiān zì què rèn .
Please carefully review the contract terms before signing to confirm.
丈夫准备给诞下5胞胎老婆送黄金!五胞胎妈妈的产后康复...
zhàng fū zhǔn bèi gěi dàn xià 5 bāo tāi lǎo pó sòng huáng jīn ! wǔ bāo tāi mā mā de chǎn hòu kāng fù . . .
The husband is ready to give gold to his wife who gave birth to quintuplets! Postpartum rehabilitation of quintuplets mothers...
钟丽缇三度出嫁诞三女 16岁细女搭飞机播片被斥唔戴耳机嘈...
zhōng lí 缇 sān dù chū jià dàn sān nǚ 1 6 suì xì nǚ dā fēi jī bō piàn bèi chì 唔 dài ěr jī cáo . . .
Zhong Liti married three times and gave birth to three daughters, and her 16-year-old daughter was reprimanded for not wearing headphones to broadcast videos...
阿罗街第18届助庆天公诞祈福大典 爆竹震天烟花绽放 近万人齐聚祈...
ā luó jiē dì 1 8 jiè zhù qìng tiān gōng dàn qí fú dà diǎn bào zhú zhèn tiān yān huā zhàn fàng jìn wàn rén qí jù qí . . .
The 18th Celebration of Tiangong's Birthday Blessing Ceremony on Alor Street Firecrackers and fireworks bloomed Nearly 10,000 people gathered to pray...
三宝妈圣诞采买后离家未归!24年后现身 子女心情五...
sān bǎo mā shèng dàn cǎi mǎi hòu lí jiā wèi guī ! 2 4 nián hòu xiàn shēn zǐ nǚ xīn qíng wǔ . . .
Sanbao's mother left home after Christmas shopping and did not return! Appeared after 24 years and the children's mood five...
广东流行歌诞生前我们听甚么?中大教授翻查史料还原时代...
guǎng dōng liú háng gē dàn shēng qián wǒ men tīng shèn má ? zhōng dà jiào shòu fān chá shǐ liào hái yuán shí dài . . .
What did we listen to before the birth of Cantonese pop songs? CUHK professor checks historical materials to restore the era...
你圣诞过得开心吗？
Nǐ Shèngdàn guòdé kāixīn ma?
Did you have a nice Christmas?
你去年写了多少张圣诞卡？
Nǐ qùnián xiě le duōshao zhāng Shèngdànkǎ?
How many Christmas cards did you write last year?
你圣诞节要什么，珍妮？
Nǐ Shèngdànjié yào shénme, zhēn nī?
What do you want for Christmas, Jenny?
想要什么样的圣诞节礼物呢？
Xiǎngyào shénmeyàng de Shèngdànjié lǐwù ne?
What do you want for Christmas?
Character Family
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