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tān

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Definitions

  1. 1. beach
  2. 2. shoal
  3. 3. rapids
  4. 4. CL:片[piàn]
  5. 5. classifier for liquids: pool, puddle

Example Sentences

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我在海
Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 2127257)

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Words Containing 滩

沙滩鞋
shā tān xié

beach shoes

沙滩排球
shā tān pái qiú

beach volleyball

冷水滩
lěng shuǐ tān

Lengshuitan district of Yongzhou city 永州市[yǒng zhōu shì], Hunan

浅滩
qiǎn tān

shallows

戈壁滩
gē bì tān

Gobi desert

戈壁荒滩
gē bì huāng tān

barren sands of the Gobi desert

海滩
hǎi tān

beach

暗滩
àn tān

hidden shoal

外滩
wài tān

the Shanghai Bund or Waitan

沿滩
yán tān

Yantan District of Zigong City 自貢市|自贡市[zì gòng shì], Sichuan

古董滩
gǔ dǒng tān

Gudong desert or Antiques desert at Han dynasty Yangguan pass 陽關|阳关[yáng guān], named after many Han dynasty archaeological discoveries

沙滩
shā tān

beach

白碱滩区
bái jiǎn tān qū

Baijiantan District of Karamay City 克拉瑪依市|克拉玛依市[kè lā mǎ yī shì], Xinjiang

白鹤滩
bái hè tān

Baihetan, the name of a hydroelectric dam on the Jinsha River 金沙江[jīn shā jiāng] at a point where the river forms a border between Yunnan and Sichuan

盐滩
yán tān

salt flats

抢滩
qiǎng tān

to make an amphibious assault

浅滩指示浮标
qiǎn tān zhǐ shì fú biāo

bar buoy

河滩
hé tān

river bank; river shore; strand

河漫滩
hé màn tān

floodplain

险滩
xiǎn tān

shoals

白碱滩
bái jiǎn tān

Baijiantan District of Karamay City 克拉瑪依市|克拉玛依市[kè lā mǎ yī shì], Xinjiang

滩涂
tān tú

mudflat

冷水滩区
lěng shuǐ tān qū

Lengshuitan district of Yongzhou city 永州市[yǒng zhōu shì], Hunan

滩头堡
tān tóu bǎo

beachhead (military)

沿滩区
yán tān qū

Yantan District of Zigong City 自貢市|自贡市[zì gòng shì], Sichuan