tān

啴啴

Word · AdjectiveTraditional嘽

panting (of animals)

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Meanings

1 sense · 2 examples
1.

adjective

(of animals) panting; breathing heavily

literary

Typically used in the reduplicated form 啴啴 (tāntān) to describe the sound or appearance of domestic animals breathing heavily after exertion.

Mǎ马
pǐ匹
cháng长
tú途
bēn奔
xí袭
hòu后
 ，
tān啴
tān啴
chuǎn喘
xī息
 。

After the long gallop, the horses were panting heavily.

 《
Shī诗
jīng经
 》
zhōng中
xíng形
róng容
niú牛
chuǎn喘
xī息
yuē曰
tān啴
tān啴
 。

The Book of Poetry describes cattle panting as 'tāntān'.