摊 (tān): to spread out, vendor's stand
摊 (tān) is a Chinese character meaning “to spread out.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 扌 (semantic) and 难 (phonetic). It ranks #2107 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 摊 hand. Its radical form 扌 (hand) appears in many related characters such as 手 (shǒu, hand), 打 (dǎ, hit, make), 找 (zhǎo, to look for).
Definitions
- to spread out
- vendor's stand
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 烂摊子 | làn tān zi | terrible mess |
| 摊牌 | tān pái | to lay one's cards on the table |
| 摊子 | tān zi | booth |
| 报摊 | bào tān | newsstand |
| 摊位 | tān wèi | vendor's booth |
| 小摊 | xiǎo tān | vendor's stall |
| 分摊 | fēn tān | to share (costs, responsibilities) |
| 平摊 | píng tān | to spread out |
| 货摊 | huò tān | vendor's stall |
| 地摊 | dì tān | roadside stall |
| 摆摊 | bǎi tān | to run a street stall |
| 摊派 | tān pài | to apportion expenses, responsibilities etc |
| 摊贩 | tān fàn | stallkeeper |
| 摊点 | tān diǎn | place for a vendor's stall |
| 出摊儿 | chū tān r | (coll.) to set up a vendor's stall (in the street or at a night market etc) |
摊 appears in 45 compound words: 51 as the first character, 38 as the last, and 11 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 摊 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Example Sentences
摊照镜子，整理一下自己的仪容。
tān zhào jìng zǐ , zhěng lǐ yī xià zì jǐ de yí róng .
Stand in front of the mirror and tidy up your appearance.
烟花摊格起火现场仿如战场 商家食客惊魂走避
yān huā tān gé qǐ huǒ xiàn chǎng fǎng rú zhàn chǎng shāng jiā shí kè jīng hún zǒu bì
Fire at Fireworks Stall Turns Scene into a Battlefield; Vendors and Customers Flee in Panic
为什么全中国的医院门口,都有一个烤红薯摊?卖烤红薯真能赚钱?#奇怪的知识 #社会...
wéi shén má quán zhōng guó de yī yuàn mén kǒu , dōu yǒu yī gè kǎo hóng shǔ tān ? mài kǎo hóng shǔ zhēn néng zhuàn qián ? qí guài de zhī shí shè huì . . .
Why is there a roasted sweet potato stand outside every hospital in China? Is selling roasted sweet potatoes really profitable? #WeirdFacts #Society...
赵露思传执刘亦菲二摊 懒理是非骚香肩卖萌
zhào lù sī chuán zhí liú yì 菲 èr tān lǎn lǐ shì fēi sāo xiāng jiān mài méng
Zhao Lusi passed on Liu Yifei's second stall and was lazy to deal with right and wrong
...园经发局公文外流惹议 民众质疑放水帮违规摊商掩护
. . . yuán jīng fā jú gōng wén wài liú rě yì mín zhòng zhì yí fàng shuǐ bāng wéi guī tān shāng yǎn hù
... The leakage of official documents from the Park Economic Development Bureau caused controversy, and the public questioned the release of water to help illegal stall vendors cover
过年跑摊大吃!35岁上班族腹胀、泻秘 医:恐变慢...
guò nián pǎo tān dà chī ! 3 5 suì shàng bān zú fù zhàng , xiè mì yī : kǒng biàn màn . . .
New Year's stalls and eat! 35-year-old office worker bloating and diarrhea secret doctor: I am afraid it will slow down...
在炎热的天气里，猫咪没精神地摊在地上。
Zài yánrè de tiānqì lǐ, māomī méi jīngshén de tān zài dìshàng.
In the scorching heat, the cat is spread out lethargically on the ground.
Character Family
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