Chinese symbol for “tango”
探戈
tàn gē
tango (dance) (loanword)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for tango is 探戈 (tàn gē), defined as: tango (dance) (loanword).
Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.
Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character with 探戈.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 探索 | tàn suǒ | to explore; to probe |
| 探讨 (探討) | tàn tǎo | to investigate; to probe |
| 侦探 (偵探) | zhēn tàn | detective; to do detective work |
| 探测 (探測) | tàn cè | to probe; to survey |
| 探险 (探險) | tàn xiǎn | to explore; to go on an expedition |
| 探究 | tàn jiū | to investigate; to delve |
| 倒戈 | dǎo gē | to change sides in a war; turncoat |
| 干戈 | gān gē | weapons of war; arms |
See also: Japanese symbol for “tango”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.
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