Chinese word dictionary

坦克

tǎnkè · (loanword) tank (military vehicle); (derog.) (slang) overweight woman

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Word information

Simplified坦克

Traditional坦克

Pinyintǎnkè

Part of speech名

HSK 3.07-9

HSK 2.0Not listed

Character breakdown

Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.

坦tǎn

flat, level, smooth; candid, open

克kè

to subdue, to restrain, to overcome; used in transliterations

How to learn 坦克

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克kè

Ke (c. 2000 BC), seventh of the legendary Flame Emperors, 炎帝[Yan2 di4] descended from Shennong 神農|神农[Shen2 nong2] Farmer God; abbr. for 克羅地亞|克罗地亚[Ke4 luo2 di4 ya4], Croatia; (Tw) abbr. for 克羅埃西亞|克罗埃西亚[Ke4 luo2 ai1 xi1 ya4], Croatia; to be able to; to subdue; to restrain; to overcome; gram; Tibetan unit of land area, about 6 ares; variant of 克[ke4]; to subdue; to overthrow; to restrain; variant of 剋|克[ke4]

千克qiānkè

kilogram

巧克力qiǎokèlì

(loanword) chocolate; CL:塊|块[kuai4]

克服kèfú

(try to) overcome (hardships etc); to conquer; to put up with; to endure

麦克风màikèfēng

(loanword) microphone

攻克gōngkè

to capture; to take; to overcome; to solve