tān

to spread out

vendor's stand

hand (扌) + [sound: nán→tān] (难) = spread out a vendor's stand

The hand radical anchors the meaning: spreading goods out with your hands to set up a stall. 难 contributes the sound tān (loosely) rather than any idea of difficulty.

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他在街上摆了一个卖水果。

tā zài jiē shang bǎi le yī ge tān mài shuǐguǒ。

He set up a stand on the street to sell fruit.

她把地图在桌子上仔细看。

tā bǎ dìtú tān zài zhuōzi shang zǐxì kàn。

She spread the map out on the table and looked at it carefully.

Words with 摊

摊贩

tān fàn

stallkeeper

铺摊

pū tan

to spread out

杂货摊

zá huò tān

stall selling various goods

食品摊

shí pǐn tān

food vendor's stand

出摊儿

chū tān r

(coll.) to set up a vendor's stall (in the street or at a night market etc)

分摊

fēn tān

to share (costs, responsibilities)

地摊

dì tān

roadside stall

均摊

jūn tān

to share equally

报刊摊

bào kān tān

newsstand

报摊

bào tān

newsstand

小摊

xiǎo tān

vendor's stall

小摊儿

xiǎo tān r

erhua variant of 小攤|小摊[xiao3 tan1]

More characters with 扌