趟

tàng
HSK 5
#2,452 most
frequent character
quantifier for the number of trips or runs made
Measure Word

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

趟 pairs 走, a person running, with 尚 shàng as the sound part, sharing the rhyme. Running points to the first meaning, to jump or leap. Read tàng, it grew to a measure word for trips and then a trip; read tāng, it means to wade.

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Example Sentences

我今天去商店一趟。
wǒ jīntiān qù shāngdiàn yītàng 。
I went to the store for a trip today.
他每天跑步一趟。
tā měitiān pǎobù yītàng 。
He runs a trip every day.
我们昨天去海边玩了一趟。
wǒmen zuótiān qù hǎibiān wánle yītàng 。
We made a trip to the beach to play yesterday.

Same Characters, Different Readings

趟tāng
old variant of 趟[tang1]
趟tāng
to wade, to trample, to turn the soil

Homophones

HSK 5
烫tàng
to scald, to burn, to iron, hot

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