| 搪 | |||
| ward off, evade; parry; block | |||
| Radical | 手扌才 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Strokes (without radical) | 10 | Total Strokes | 13 |
| Mandarin reading | táng | Cantonese reading | tong4 |
| Japanese on reading | tou dou | Japanese kun reading | haru |
| Korean reading | tang | Vietnamese reading | |
| Semantic Variant(s) | 傏 | ||
| 搪 | [ táng ] to keep out, to hold off, to ward off, to evade, to spread, to coat, to smear, to daub |
| 搪塞 | [ táng sè ] to muddle through, to fob sb off, to beat around the bush, to dodge |
| 搪瓷 | [ táng cí ] enamel |
| 搪突 | [ táng tū ] variant of 唐突[tang2 tu1] |
| ⇒ 推搪 | [ tuī táng ] to offer excuses (colloquial), to stall |
| ⇒ 藉詞推搪 | [ jiè cí tuī táng ] to make a lot of excuses |