塌 tā collapse

HSK 6 — the top of the six old levels: 2,500 new words, 5,000 in all. You read and discuss almost anything. In HSK 3.0, 塌 is in band 7–9. HSK 6 explained

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中塌。

It means to collapse. After days of heavy rain in the village, a neighbor runs over and says the old shed's roof has collapsed. Want to say it out loud?

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Stroke order

塌 is written in 13 strokes.

塌 — the Chinese character for collapse (tā), stroke diagram — Stroke diagram for 塌 — collapse

Senses

to collapse
to droop
to settle down

Related words

Where 塌 lives

HSK 6 list Practise HSK 3.0 · band 7–9 Practise Topic: Movement Practise Topic: Change and process Practise

塌 is pronounced tā and means “collapse”.