HSK 6 · Verbs

塌 tā “to collapse” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 塌 means

  1. to collapse
  2. to cave in
  3. to droop
  4. to settle down

How to say 塌

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale塌tā1st tone, high and level

塌 in a sentence

  1. 要塌了。

    Yào tā le.

    It’s going to collapse.

    Sentence #12316274 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 桥在重压之下倒塌了。

    Qiáo zài zhòngyā zhīxià dǎotā le.

    The bridge collapsed under the heavy load.

    Sentence #3857689 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 那座老桥正面临坍塌的危险。

    Nà zuò lǎo qiáo zhèng miànlín tāntā de wēixiǎn.

    The old bridge is in danger of collapsing.

    Sentence #1935470 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 塌 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 塌 (tā) with each of its parts in a different colour
塌tāto collapse
  • 土earth · tǔMeaning part
  • 日sun · rì
  • 羽feather · yǔ

How to write 塌

塌 13 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

塌 (tā) stroke order chart: each stroke of the character in the order you write it
Stroke order chart for 塌 (tā). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 塌

More words: Common Verbs

树立shùlì · to establish耸sǒng · to shrug损坏sǔnhuài · to damage塑造sùzào · to shape探望tànwàng · to visit (esp. someone ill or elderly)掏tāo · to take out (from a pocket)淘汰táotài · to eliminate舔tiǎn · to lick

FAQs

塌 (tā) means “to collapse” or “to cave in”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it tā: tā with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 塌 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type ta with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 塌 from the suggestions. Typing ta into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
塌 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.