róu 
		suede
chamois
tannin
to tan
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			tán 
		to speak
to talk
to converse
to chat
to discuss
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			tàn 
		to explore
to search out
to scout
to visit
to stretch forward
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			xiāo 
		saltpeter
to tan (leather)
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			tán 
		to pluck (a string)
to play (a string instrument)
to spring or leap
to shoot (e.g. with a catapult)
(of cotton) to fluff or tease
to flick
to flip
to accuse
to impeach
elastic (of materials)
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Huǒ Tàn 
		Fo Tan (area in Hong Kong)
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			tān 
		to have a voracious desire for
to covet
greedy
corrupt
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			tán 
		deep pool
pond
pit (dialect)
depression
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			tān 
		to spread out
vendor's stand
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			tǎn 
		flat
open-hearted
level
smooth
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			tán 
		sandalwood
hardwood
purple-red
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			tuó shǎi 
		light tan (color)
camel-hair color
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			tān 
		beach
shoal
rapids
CL:片[pian4]
classifier for liquids: pool, puddle
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			shài hēi 
		to sunbathe
to tan
to get sunburnt
to expose unfair practices (on a consumer protection website)
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			dòng tan bu dé 
		to be unable to move a single step
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			zhèng qiē 
		tangent (of angle), written tan θ
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Tán 
		surname Tan
name of an ancient city
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Tán Sì tóng 
		Tan Sitong (1865-1898), Qing writer and politician, one of the Six Gentlemen Martyrs 戊戌六君子 of the unsuccessful reform movement of 1898
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Tán dùn 
		Tan Dun (1957-) Chinese composer
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			tān 
		he
she
(courteous, as opposed to 他[ta1])