| dàn | crossball/bullet/shot/shell/ball |
| tán | impeach/to pluck a string/to play (a stringed musical instrument with fingers)/to snap |
| 弹 | crossball bullet shot |
| 弹丝 | elater |
| 弹丸 | pellet |
| 弹丸之地 | a very tiny area |
| 弹仓 | magazine; magazine case |
| 弹体 | projectile body |
| 弹冠相庆 | lit. to flick dust off sb's cap (idiom); to celebrate an official appointment to congratulate and celebrate (promotion, graduation etc) |
| 弹出 | to eject to exit from |
| 弹力 | elasticity elastic force spring |
| 弹力丝 | stretch yarns; stretch yarn |
| 弹力尼龙 | stretch nylon; elastic nylon |
| 弹力纱 | stretch yarn |
| 弹力袜 | stretch hose |
| 弹力裤 | stretch pants |
| 弹力计 | resiliometer; blenometer; elastometer |
| 弹劾 | to accuse of misconduct (in official task) to impeach |
| 弹匣 | magazine (for ammunition) |
| 弹升 | bounce up |
| 弹压 | to suppress to quell (a disturbance) repression |
| 弹唱 | to sing and play (plucked string instrument) |