HSK 6 · Science

弹性 tánxìng “elasticity” in Chinese

Traditional 彈性

What 弹性 means

  1. elasticity
  2. flexibility

How to say 弹性

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale弹tán2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale性xìng4th tone, falling

弹性 in a sentence

  1. 这片人造草皮踩在脚下感觉富有弹性。

    Zhè piàn rénzào cǎopí cǎi zài jiǎoxià gǎnjué fùyǒu tánxìng.

    This artificial turf feels springy underfoot.

    Sentence #13835759 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 弹性 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 弹 (dàn) with each of its parts in a different colour
弹tánto pluck
  • 弓bow · gōngMeaning part
  • 单single · chánSound part

弓 hints at the meaning (bow); 单 (chán) hints at the sound. Compare it with tán.

The character 性 (xìng) with each of its parts in a different colour
性xìngnature
  • 忄heart form of 心 · xīnMeaning part
  • 生life · shēngSound part

忄 hints at the meaning (heart); 生 (shēng) hints at the sound. Compare it with xìng.

How to write 弹性

弹 11 strokes · 性 8 strokes

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

Words related to 弹性

Words with 弹

弹钢琴tángāngqín · to play the piano导弹dǎodàn · guided missile子弹zǐdàn · bullet

Words with 性

性xìng · (suffix) -ness性别xìngbié · gender性格xìnggé · nature个性gèxìng · individuality性质xìngzhì · nature慢性mànxìng · chronic (illness)性命xìngmìng · life (of a person or animal)任性rènxìng · wilful性感xìnggǎn · sexy记性jìxing · memory (ability to remember)

More words: Science & Technology

视频shìpín · video试验shìyàn · test太空tàikōng · outer space探测tàncè · to detect天文tiānwén · astronomy体积tǐjī · volume提炼tíliàn · to refine统计tǒngjì · statistics

FAQs

弹性 (tánxìng) means “elasticity” or “flexibility”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it tánxìng: tán with a 2nd tone, then xìng with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 弹性 is written 彈性. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type tanxing with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 弹性 from the suggestions. Typing tanxing into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
弹性 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.