Definition
淌 (tǎng) means 'to trickle, to drip' and is used mainly for bodily fluids like tears, blood, or sweat flowing slowly. It differs from 滴 (dī), which emphasizes individual drops falling, and from 流淌 (liú tǎng), a more literary and general word for flowing (liquids, time, music). 淌 is more colloquial and specific to slow, continuous trickling.
verb
to dripto trickleto shed (tears)
Easily confused
- 躺tǎnglook-aliketo lie down, to recline
- 糖tángsound-alikesugar, candy, sweets
- 尚shànglook-alike(adverb) still, yet (formal)
- 汤tāngsound-alikesoup
- 趟tànglook-alike(classifier) for trips, journeys, or times of going somewhere and coming back
- 烫tàngsound-alike(adjective) scalding hot, burning to the touch
- 堂tángsound-alike(noun) hall, large room for a specific purpose
Examples
- 淌。Yǔshuǐ cóng wūyán shang tǎng xiàlai.Rainwater dripped down from the eaves.
- 淌。Tā jīdòng de yǎnlèi zhí tǎng.He was so moved that tears kept trickling down.
- 淌。Xuè cóng shāngkǒu tǎng chūlai.Blood trickled out of the wound.
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