潭 tán

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Number of strokes

Traditional form

潭 tán

Contains the radical

氵 shuǐ

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

Learning hint

water

Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

⿰氵覃

Semantic compound

氵 shuǐ

Phonetic compound

覃 tán

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不 bù 要 yāo 穿 chuān 过 Guò 那 Nā 片 piān 野地 yě dì , 那 Nā 是 shì 个 gè 烂 làn 泥潭 ní tán .

Don't walk across that field, it's a bog.

轮子 lún zi 在 zài 泥潭 ní tán 中陷得 dé 更深 gēng shēn 了 le 。

The wheels sank deeper into the mire.

一群大象 dàxiàng 缓慢 huǎn màn 而 ér 笨拙 bènzhuō 地 de 穿过 chuān guò 平原 píngyuán ，朝 Cháo 水潭 shuǐ tán 走 zǒu 去 qù 。

A herd of elephants lolloped across the plains towards a watering hole.

他 tā 的 de 双眼 shuāng yǎn 深不见底，犹如 yóurú 两湾棕色 zōngsè 的 de 深潭 shēn tán 。

His eyes were like bottomless brown pools.

他 tā 的 de 人民 rén mín 在 zài 混乱 hùnluàn 不安 bùān 的 de 泥潭 ní tán 里 lǐ 越陷越深 yuè xiàn yuè shēn 。

His people had fallen further and further into a quagmire of confusion.

Explore 23 words and sayings that include the Chinese character 潭 tán in their composition.

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Simplified	Meaning	Traditional
潭 tán	pond	潭 tán
泥潭 ní tán	quagmire	泥潭 ní tán
湘潭 Xiāng tán	Xiangtan prefecture level city in Hunan	湘潭 Xiāng tán
水潭 shuǐ tán	puddle	水潭 shuǐ tán
鹰潭 Yīng tán	Yingtan prefecture level city in Jiangxi	鷹潭
湘潭市 Xiāng tán shì	Xiangtan prefecture level city in Hunan	湘潭市 Xiāng tán shì
龙潭 Lóng tán	see also 龍潭\|龙潭 Lóng tán [lóngtán]	龍潭
平潭 Píng tán	Pingtan county in Fuzhou 福州 Fú zhōu [Fúzhōu], Fujian	平潭 Píng tán
湘潭县 Xiāng tán xiàn	Xiangtan county in Xiangtan 湘潭 Xiāng tán [Xiāngtán], Hunan	湘潭縣
日月潭 Rì yuè Tán	Sun Moon Lake (Dalian, Taiwan etc)	日月潭 Rì yuè Tán
潭水 tán shuǐ	deep water	潭水 tán shuǐ
一潭死水 yī tán sǐ shuǐ	a pool of stagnant water	一潭死水 yī tán sǐ shuǐ
湄潭 Méi tán	Meitan county in Zun'yi 遵義\|遵义 Zūn yì [Zūnyì], Guizhou	湄潭 Méi tán
湄潭县 Méi tán xiàn	Meitan county in Zun'yi 遵義\|遵义 Zūn yì [Zūnyì], Guizhou	湄潭縣
鹰潭市 Yīng tán shì	Yingtan prefecture level city in Jiangxi	鷹潭市
潭柘寺 Tán zhè sì	Tanzhe Temple	潭柘寺 Tán zhè sì
平潭县 Píng tán xiàn	Pingtan county in Fuzhou 福州 Fú zhōu [Fúzhōu], Fujian	平潭縣
龙潭区 Lóng tán qū	Longtan district of Jilin city 吉林市 Jí lín shì , Jilin province	龍潭區
临潭 Lín tán	Lintan county in Gannan Tibetan autonomous prefecture 甘南藏族自治州 Gān nán Zàng zú zì zhì zhōu [GānnánZàngzúzìzhìzhōu], Gansu	臨潭
湘潭地区 Xiāng tán dì qū	Xiangtan prefecture in Hunan	湘潭地區
龙潭乡 Lóng tán xiāng	Longtan or Lungtan township in Taoyuan county 桃園縣\|桃园县 Táo yuán xiàn [Táoyuánxiàn], north Taiwan	龍潭鄉
龙马潭区 Lóng mǎ tán qū	Longmatan district of Luzhou city 瀘州市\|泸州市 Lú zhōu shì [Lúzhōushì], Sichuan	龍馬潭區
沉潭 chén tán	to sink sb to the bottom of a pond (a kind of private punishment, especially for unfaithful wives)	沉潭 chén tán