HSK 4 · Verbs

躺 tǎng “to recline” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 躺 means

  1. to recline
  2. to lie down

How to say 躺

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale躺tǎng3rd tone, dipping

躺 in a sentence

  1. 我觉得我要躺一下了。

    Wǒ juéde wǒ yào tǎng yíxià le.

    I think I’ll lie down for a bit.

    Sentence #663233 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 我躺在草地上。

    Wǒ tǎng zài cǎodì shàng.

    I’m lying on the grass.

    Sentence #785072 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 病人躺在床上。

    Bìngrén tǎng zài chuáng shàng.

    The patient is lying in bed.

    Sentence #769699 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 躺 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 躺 (tǎng) with each of its parts in a different colour
躺tǎngto recline
  • 身body · shēnMeaning part
  • 尚still · shàngSound part

身 hints at the meaning (body); 尚 (shàng) hints at the sound. Compare it with tǎng.

How to write 躺

躺 15 strokes

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

Words related to 躺

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FAQs

躺 (tǎng) means “to recline” or “to lie down”. It is an HSK 4 word.
Say it tǎng: tǎng with a 3rd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 躺 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type tang with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 躺 from the suggestions. Typing tang into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
躺 is an HSK 4 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.