Chinese symbol for “tank”
坦克
tǎn kè
(loanword) tank (military vehicle); (derog.) (slang) overweight woman
The closest CC-CEDICT match for tank is 坦克 (tǎn kè), defined as: (loanword) tank (military vehicle); (derog.) (slang) overweight woman.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “tank”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 坦克车 (坦克車) | tǎn kè chē | tank (armored vehicle) |
| 战车 (戰車) | zhàn chē | war chariot; tank |
| 摆烂 (擺爛) | bǎi làn | (neologism, attested by 2014) (slang) to stop striving (esp. when one knows one cannot succeed); to let it all go to hell; (sports) to tank |
| 肉盾 | ròu dùn | human shield; (gaming) tank; meat shield |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 坦克.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 坦诚 (坦誠) | tǎn chéng | candid; frank |
| 坦白 | tǎn bái | honest; forthcoming |
| 平坦 | píng tǎn | level; even |
| 坦言 | tǎn yán | to say candidly; to acknowledge frankly |
| 坦率 | tǎn shuài | frank; candid; straightforward |
| 马克 (馬克) | mǎ kè | mark (monetary unit) |
| 克服 | kè fú | (try to) overcome (hardships etc); to conquer |
| 巧克力 | qiǎo kè lì | (loanword) chocolate; 块 (kuài) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “tank”.
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.