趟 (tāng): to wade, to trample, to turn the soil
趟 (tāng) is a Chinese character meaning “to wade.” Classified as HSK Level 4 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 走 (semantic) and 尚 (phonetic). It ranks #2374 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 趟 walk. Its radical form 走 (walk) appears in many related characters such as 走 (zǒu, to walk), 起 (qǐ, to rise), 超 (chāo, to exceed).
Definitions
- to wade
- to trample
- to turn the soil
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 白跑一趟 | bái pǎo yī tàng | to go on an errand for nothing |
| 空跑一趟 | kōng pǎo yī tàng | to make a journey for nothing |
| 转一趟 | zhuàn yī tàng | to go on a trip |
| 单趟 | dān tàng | single trip |
| 趟浑水 | tāng hún shuǐ | (fig.) to get involved in an unsavory enterprise |
趟 appears in 5 compound words: 20 as the first character, 80 as the last, and 0 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 趟 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Example Sentences
学习趟字需要反复练习，才能写得工整。
xué xí tāng zì xū yāo fǎn fù liàn xí , cái néng xiě dé gōng zhěng .
Mastering the character "趟" requires repeated practice to write it neatly.
新疆开行今年首趟西部陆海新通道专列
xīn jiāng kāi háng jīn nián shǒu tāng xī bù lù hǎi xīn tōng dào zhuān liè
西安铁路局:首趟西延高铁红色研学专列开行
xī ān tiě lù jú : shǒu tāng xī yán gāo tiě hóng sè yán xué zhuān liè kāi háng
Xi'an Railway Bureau: First Red-Themed Educational Tour Train on the Xi'an-Yan'an High-Speed Railway Launches
台股明天先杀再说?要出一趟?美伊冲突 分析师点名两类人最危险
tái gǔ míng tiān xiān shā zài shuō ? yāo chū yī tāng ? měi yī chōng tū fēn xī shī diǎn míng liǎng lèi rén zuì wēi xiǎn
Taiwan stocks will be killed tomorrow? Want to go out? US-Iran conflict Analysts named two types of people as the most dangerous
粤港澳大湾区开行新年首趟冷链海铁联运班列
yuè gǎng ào dà wān qū kāi háng xīn nián shǒu tāng lěng liàn hǎi tiě lián yùn bān liè
The Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area opened the first cold chain sea-rail intermodal train in the new year
...市给游客!台女生来港看新年烟花感动呼:这趟很难忘
. . . shì gěi yóu kè ! tái nǚ shēng lái gǎng kàn xīn nián yān huā gǎn dòng hū : zhè tāng hěn nán wàng
... City to tourists! Taiwanese girls came to Hong Kong to watch the New Year's fireworks and were moved: This trip is unforgettable
这趟火车有卧铺车吗？
Zhè tàng huǒchē yǒu wòpù chē ma?
Does this train have a sleeping car?
这趟火车开往伦敦。
Zhè tàng huǒchē kāi wǎng Lúndūn.
This train is going to London.
火车拥挤极了，我整趟车程都没有位子坐。
Huǒchē yōngjǐ jíle, wǒ zhěng tàng chēchéng dōu méiyǒu wèizi zuò.
The train was so crowded that I had to stand all the way.
明天我要从香港去趟内地。
Míngtiān wǒ yào cóng Xiānggǎng qù tàng nèidì.
Tomorrow, I am coming back from Hong Kong to the mainland.
Character Family
Frequently Asked Questions
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