HSK 4 · Verbs

趟 tàng “measure word for trips: a trip” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 趟 means

  1. measure word for trips: a trip, a journey
  2. classifier for times, round trips or rows
  3. a time
  4. a trip

How to say 趟

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale趟tàng4th tone, falling

趟 in a sentence

  1. 请来我办公室一趟。

    Qǐng lái wǒ bàngōngshì yí tàng.

    Please come to my office.

    Sentence #9962407 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 我们正好赶上最后一趟火车。

    Wǒmen zhènghǎo gǎnshàng zuìhòu yí tàng huǒchē.

    We just caught the last train.

    Sentence #2357622 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 我这趟旅程一共需要十二天。

    Wǒ zhè tàng lǚchéng yígòng xūyào shí'èr tiān.

    This trip of mine will take twelve days altogether.

    Sentence #421110 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 趟 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 趟 (tàng) with each of its parts in a different colour
趟tàngclassifier for times
  • 走walk · zǒuMeaning part
  • 尚still · shàngSound part

走 hints at the meaning (walk); 尚 (shàng) hints at the sound. Compare it with tàng.

How to write 趟

趟 15 strokes

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

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

Words related to 趟

More words: Common Verbs

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FAQs

趟 (tàng) means “measure word for trips: a trip, a journey” or “classifier for times, round trips or rows”. It is an HSK 4 word.
Say it tàng: tàng with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 趟 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 趟 from the suggestions. Typing tang into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
趟 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.