- 泥潭 nítán quagmirea quagmire; a bog or a difficult situation from which it is hard to escape
- 湘潭市 Xiāngtán Shì Xiangtanprefecture-level city in Hunan Province
- 水潭 shuǐtán poola pool of water or a pond
- 湘潭县 Xiāngtán Xiàn Xiangtan CountyXiangtan County in Xiangtan City, Hunan
- 日月潭 Rìyuè Tán Sun Moon LakeSun Moon Lake in Nantou County, Taiwan
- 一潭死水 yītánsǐshuǐ stagnant watera pool of water that does not flow and often becomes foul or lifeless
- 湄潭县 Méitán Xiàn Meitan CountyMeitan, a county in Zunyi City, Guizhou
- 鹰潭市 Yīngtán Shì YingtanYingtan, prefecture-level city in Jiangxi Province [[江西省|江西省|Jiang1 xi1 Sheng3]]
- 潭柘寺 Tánzhèsì Tanzhe Temple
- 平潭县 Píngtán Xiàn Pingtan CountyPingtan, a county in Fuzhou City, Fujian Province
- 龙潭虎穴 lóngtánhǔxué dangerous placeA place of extreme danger or a hostile environment; literally a dragon's pool and tiger's den.
- 龙潭 Lóngtán Longtan (Jilin)Longtan district of Jilin city, Jilin province
- 龙潭区 Lóngtánqū Longtan DistrictLongtan district of Jilin city [[吉林市|吉林市|Ji2 lin2 Shi4]], Jilin province
- 潭水 tánshuǐ deep water
- 龙马潭区 Lóngmǎtánqū Longmatan DistrictLongmatan district of Luzhou city, Sichuan
- 沉潭 chéntán pond-sinkingto sink someone to the bottom of a pond as a form of private punishment (historically used for unfaithful wives)
- 龙潭沟 Lóngtángōu Longtan RavineLongtan Ravine, a scenic area in Xixia County, Nanyang, Henan
- 临潭县 Líntán Xiàn Lintan CountyLintan County in Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture [[甘南藏族自治州|甘南藏族自治州|Gan1 nan2 Zang4 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1]], Gansu province
- 潭府 tánfǔ deep poola deep pool of water or an abyss
- 潭影 tányǐng pond reflectionreflection in a deep pond
- 湾潭 wāntán curved pool
- 深潭 shēntán abyssa deep pit or bottomless chasm, often used figuratively
- 潭祉 tánzhǐ great happiness
- 潭腿 tántuǐ TantuiTantui, a northern school of Chinese martial arts
- 狮潭 Shītán ShitanShitan township in Miaoli County, northwest Taiwan
- 潭奥 tán'ào profounddeep and mysterious; intellectually deep or obscure
- 珊瑚潭 shānhútán coral lake
- 碧潭 bìtán green pool
- 隐潭 yǐntán hidden ponda hidden pond or pool
- 深水潭 shēnshuǐtán deep poola pool of water that is deep
- 涂潭 tútán muddy poolmuddy water in a pool or pond
- 气潭 qìtán air pocket
- 狮潭乡 Shītánxiāng Shitan townshipShitan or Shihtan township in Miaoli county, northwest Taiwan
- 潭子 tánzi deep ponddeep natural pond
- 潭底 tándǐ pond bottombottom of a (deep) pond
Sources
- Frequency data
- MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CH