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Jyutping taan1
Pinyin tān

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. to collapse
Definitions (CC-CANTO)
  1. to collapse/landslide
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. character
    collapse
  2. character
    to collapse, to topple
Definitions (Unihan)
  1. collapse
  2. landslide
  3. Cangjie Input
    GBY
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    那座老桥正面临坍塌的危险。
    那座老橋正面臨坍塌的危險。
    nà zuò lǎo qiáo zhèng miàn lín tān tā de wēi xiǎn 。
    • The old bridge is in danger of collapse.
  2. Mandarin
    那房子在积雪的重量下坍塌了。
    那房子在積雪的重量下坍塌了。
    nà fáng zi zài jī xuě de zhòng liàng xià tān tā le 。
    • The house collapsed under the weight of snow.
    • The house collapsed under the weight of the snow.
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    这次地震发生在当地时间凌晨,人们还在睡梦中被山崩地裂般的地震惊醒,无数房屋在一瞬间轰然倒坍,许多人猝不及防就死于梦中。
    這次地震發生在當地時間凌晨,人們還在睡夢中被山崩地裂般的地震驚醒,無數房屋在一瞬間轟然倒坍,許多人猝不及防就死於夢中。
    zhè cì dì zhèn fā shēng zài dāng dì shí jiān líng chén , rén men hái zài shuì mèng zhōng bèi shān bēng dì liè bān de dì zhèn jīng xǐng , wú shù fáng wū zài yī shùn jiān hōng rán dǎo tān , xǔ duō rén cù bù jí fáng jiù sǐ yú mèng zhōng .
    • This time, the earthquake occurred before dawn local time. People were still sound asleep when they were jolted awake by a massively destructive earthquake. In an instant, countless houses had collapsed, and many people had died in their sleep with no time to react.
  2. Mandarin
    南方澳跨海大桥坍塌
    南方澳跨海大橋坍塌
    nán fān gào kuà hǎi dà qiáo tān tā
    • collapse of the Nanfang'ao transoceanic bridge
  3. Mandarin
    桥体坍塌
    橋體坍塌
    qiáo tǐ tān tā
    • collapse of a bridge