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淌

tǎng
HSK 3.0 Level 7 Verb Uncommon

Definitions

  1. 1. to drip
  2. 2. to trickle
  3. 3. to shed (tears)

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Character focus

Stroke order

11 strokes

Word relationships

Antonyms

1 item
涌
yǒng

to bubble up

大量液体急速流出

Synonyms

2 items
流
liú

to flow

液体移动（更通用）
滴
dī

a drop

液体一点一点落下

Usage notes

Collocations

Commonly used with bodily fluids like 汗 (sweat) or 血 (blood), as in 淌汗, 淌血.

Common mistakes

Don't confuse 淌 (drip/trickle) with 趟 (tàng, a measure word for trips); the characters look similar but meaning differs.

Example Sentences

1 shown
他脸上 淌 着汗。
Sweat is trickling down his face.

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Words Containing 淌

流淌
liú tǎng

to flow

淌下
tǎng xià

to let drip

淌口水
tǎng kǒu shuǐ

to let saliva dribble from the mouth

淌泪
tǎng lèi

to shed a tear

淌眼泪
tǎng yǎn lèi

to shed tears