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潭

tán

Character

What 潭 means

1. deep pool
2. pond
3. pit (dialect)
4. depression

Other readings

潭 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• Tánsurname Tan

Example sentences

• 日月潭是台湾最大的湖泊。
  Sun Moon Lake is the largest lake in Taiwan.

Words starting with 潭

• 潭水tán shuǐdeep water
• 潭奥tán àoprofound; deep
• 潭子tán zideep natural pond
• 潭底tán dǐbottom of a (deep) pond
• 潭府tán fǔabyss; imposing dwellings and spacious courtyard; your residence
• 潭影tán yǐngreflection in a deep pond
• 潭腿tán tuǐTantui, a northern school of martial arts boxing
• 潭柘寺Tán zhè sìTanzhe Temple
• 潭第tán dìvariant of 覃第

Words containing 潭

• 泥潭ní tánquagmire
• 气潭qì tánair pocket
• 水潭shuǐ tánwater pool; pond
• 沉潭chén tánto sink sb to the bottom of a pond…
• 深潭shēn tándeep natural pond; deep pit; abyss
• 碧潭bì tángreen pool
• 平潭县Píng tán XiànPingtan, a county in Fuzhou City 福州市
• 日月潭Rì yuè TánSun Moon Lake in Nantou County, Taiwan
• 湄潭县Méi tán XiànMeitan, a county in Zunyi City 遵义市
• 湘潭市Xiāng tán ShìXiangtan, prefecture-level city in Hunan Province 湖南省
• 湘潭县Xiāng tán XiànXiangtan, a county in Xiangtan City 湘潭市
• 临潭县Lín tán XiànLintan, a county in Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture 甘南藏族自治州
• 鹰潭市Yīng tán ShìYingtan, prefecture-level city in Jiangxi Province 江西省
• 龙潭区Lóng tán QūLongtan, a district of Jilin City 吉林市
• 龙潭沟Lóng tán gōuLongtan Ravine, scenic area in Xixia county 西峡县
• 龙潭虎穴lóng tán hǔ xué(lit.) dragon's pool and tiger's den (idiom); (fig.) dangerous place; hostile territory
• 龙马潭区Lóng mǎ tán QūLongmatan, a district of Luzhou City 泸州市
• 一潭死水yī tán sǐ shuǐa pool of stagnant water; stagnant or listless condition
• 湘潭Xiāng tánsee 湘潭市; see 湘潭县
• 龙潭Lóng tánsee 龙潭区
• 平潭Píng tánsee 平潭县
• 湄潭Méi tánsee 湄潭县
• 临潭Lín tánsee 临潭县
• 鹰潭Yīng tánsee 鹰潭市

Characters that look like 潭

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 摩móto rub
• 遵zūnto observe; to obey; to follow
• 薄bómeager; slight; weak
• 谭Tánsurname Tan
• 凛lǐncold; to shiver with cold; to tremble with fear
• 漳ZhāngZhang river in Fujian

Sounds the same

Read tán, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 谈to speak; to talk; to converse
• 坛altar; platform; rostrum; (bound form) (sporting, literary etc) circles; world
• 痰phlegm; spittle
• 弹to pluck (a string); to play (a string instrument); to spring or leap
• 檀sandalwood; hardwood; purple-red
• 昙dark clouds
• 覃deep
• 倓quiet; peaceful
• 黮black, dark; unclear; private
• 惔to burn
• 榃raised path between fields
• 锬long spear