摊 tān to spread out
to spread out; to open; to allot
怎么记住“摊”: 扌 hand + 难 difficult = to spread out. Four in one tent is difficult, so Dad sweeps a hand across the floor, working out where to spread out each sleeping bag.
部件结构
形声 · Meaning + sound
One part gives the meaning, the other gives the sound.
摊 = 扌 hand + 难 difficult
- 扌 hand meaning
- 难 difficult sound
- 又 again
- 隹 short-tailed bird
Four in one tent is difficult, so Dad sweeps a hand across the floor, working out where to spread out each sleeping bag.
How it came to be
The hand gives the meaning and the right part gives the sound.
用法
- To spread out / apportion, and a stall: 摊开 (tānkāi) to spread out (a map), 摊派 (tānpài) to allot (a share of cost/work), 分摊 (fēntān) to split the cost.
- 地摊 (dìtān) = a street stall, 摆摊 (bǎi tān) to set up a stall, 摊主 (tānzhǔ) a vendor.
- 摊上事了 (tān shàng shì le) = (colloquial) to get landed with trouble; 摊牌 (tānpái) = to lay one's cards on the table.