Cantonese · Jyutping
Mandarin · Pinyin
- tán
- Tán
English
- sandalwood, hardwood
- surname Tan
- sandalwood
- surname
- hardwood
- purple-red
- scented wood
粵語
- 幾隻香木嘅統稱
Words containing 檀
- 檀香taan4 hoeng1
sandalwood
- 青檀cing1 taan4
blue sandalwood (Pteroceltis tatarinowii Maxim), the bark of which is used to manufacture 宣紙|宣纸
- 檀君taan4 gwan1
Tangun, legendary founder of Korea in 2333 BC
- 檀香木taan4 hoeng1 muk6
sandalwood
- 檀中taan4 zung1
see 膻中[dan4 zhong1]
- 檀越taan4 jyut6
(Buddhism) benefactor (designation of a lay person by a monk)
- 紫檀zi2 taan4
red sandalwood
- 青檀樹cing1 taan4 syu6
blue sandalwood (Pteroceltis tatarinowii Maxim), the bark of which is used to manufacture 宣紙|宣纸
- 檀香山taan4 hoeng1 saan1
Honolulu, capital of Hawaii
- 檀君王taan4 gwan1 wong4
Tangun, legendary founder of Korea in 2333 BC
- 旃檀zin1 taan4
sandalwood (loanword from Sanskrit "candana")
- 檀香樹taan4 hoeng1 syu6
- 栴檀zin1 taan4
sandalwood
- 微凹黃檀mei4 aau3 wong4 taan4
cocobolo (Dalbergia retusa)