| 灘 | [ tān ] beach, shoal, rapids, CL:片[pian4], classifier for liquids: pool, puddle |
| 灘塗 | [ tān tú ] mudflat |
| 灘頭堡 | [ tān toú baǒ ] beachhead (military) |
| ⇒ 冷水灘 | [ lěng shuǐ tān ] Lengshuitan district of Yongzhou city 永州市[Yong3 zhou1 shi4], Hunan |
| ⇒ 冷水灘區 | [ lěng shuǐ tān qū ] Lengshuitan district of Yongzhou city 永州市[Yong3 zhou1 shi4], Hunan |
| ⇒ 古董灘 | [ gǔ dǒng tān ] Gudong desert or Antiques desert at Han dynasty Yangguan pass 陽關|阳关[Yang2 guan1], named after many Han dynasty archaeological discoveries |
| ⇒ 外灘 | [ waì tān ] the Shanghai Bund or Waitan |
| ⇒ 戈壁灘 | [ gē bì tān ] Gobi desert |
| ⇒ 戈壁荒灘 | [ gē bì huāng tān ] barren sands of the Gobi desert |
| ⇒ 搶灘 | [ qiǎng tān ] to make an amphibious assault, to seize a beachhead, to gain a foothold in (a new market) |
| ⇒ 暗灘 | [ àn tān ] hidden shoal |
| ⇒ 沙灘 | [ shā tān ] beach, sandy shore, CL:片[pian4] |
| ⇒ 沙灘排球 | [ shā tān paí qiú ] beach volleyball |
| ⇒ 沙灘鞋 | [ shā tān xié ] beach shoes, wetsuit booties |
| ⇒ 河漫灘 | [ hé màn tān ] floodplain |
| ⇒ 河灘 | [ hé tān ] river bank, strand |
| ⇒ 沿灘 | [ yán tān ] Yantan District of Zigong City 自貢市|自贡市[Zi4 gong4 Shi4], Sichuan |
| ⇒ 沿灘區 | [ yán tān qū ] Yantan District of Zigong City 自貢市|自贡市[Zi4 gong4 Shi4], Sichuan |
| ⇒ 海灘 | [ haǐ tān ] beach, CL:片[pian4] |
| ⇒ 淺灘 | [ qiǎn tān ] shallows, shoal, sandbar |
| ⇒ 淺灘指示浮標 | [ qiǎn tān zhǐ shì fú ] bar buoy, buoy marking shallows or sandbar |
| ⇒ 白鶴灘 | [ baí hè tān ] Baihetan, the name of a hydroelectric dam on the Jinsha River 金沙江[Jin1 sha1 jiang1] at a point where the river forms a border between Yunnan and Sichuan |
| ⇒ 白鹼灘 | [ baí jiǎn tān ] Baijiantan District of Karamay City 克拉瑪依市|克拉玛依市[Ke4 la1 ma3 yi1 Shi4], Xinjiang |
| ⇒ 白鹼灘區 | [ baí jiǎn tān qū ] Baijiantan District of Karamay City 克拉瑪依市|克拉玛依市[Ke4 la1 ma3 yi1 Shi4], Xinjiang |
| ⇒ 險灘 | [ xiǎn tān ] shoals, rapids, treacherous section of a river |
| ⇒ 鹽灘 | [ yán tān ] salt flats, salt lake |