| 坦 | tǎn | flat; open-hearted; level; smooth |
| 巴勒斯坦 | Bā lè sī tǎn | Palestine |
| 巴基斯坦 | Bā jī sī tǎn | Pakistan |
| 坦克 | tǎn kè | tank (military vehicle) (loanword) |
| 坦桑尼亚 | Tǎn sāng ní yà | Tanzania |
| 平坦 | píng tǎn | level; even; smooth; flat |
| 坦白 | tǎn bái | honest; forthcoming; to confess |
| 坦率 | tǎn shuài | frank (discussion); blunt; open |
| 爱因斯坦 | Ài yīn sī tǎn | Albert Einstein (1879-1955), famous Austrian physicist |
| 斯坦福 | Sī tǎn fú | Stanford (University) |
| 坦然 | tǎn rán | calm; undisturbed |
| 坦荡 | tǎn dàng | magnanimous; broad and level |
| 舒坦 | shū tan | comfortable; at ease |
| 伊斯坦布尔 | Yī sī tǎn bù ěr | Istanbul, Turkey |
| 印度斯坦 | Yìn dù sī tǎn | Hindustan |
| 反坦克 | fǎn tǎn kè | anti-tank |
| 吉尔吉斯坦 | Jí ěr jí sī tǎn | Kyrgyzstan |
| 吉尔吉斯斯坦 | Jí ěr jí sī sī tǎn | Kyrgyzstan |
| 君士坦丁堡 | Jūn shì tǎn dīng bǎo | Constantinople, capital of Byzantium |
| 吡拉西坦 | bǐ lā xī tǎn | piracetam (loanword); see 乙酰胺吡咯烷酮 |
| 哈萨克斯坦 | Hā sà kè sī tǎn | Kazakhstan |
| 图坦卡门 | tú tǎn kǎ mén | Tutankhamen |
| 土库曼斯坦 | Tǔ kù màn sī tǎn | Turkmenistan |
| 土尔其斯坦 | Tǔ ěr qí sī tǎn | Turkestan |
| 坦佩雷 | Tǎn pèi léi | Tampere (Swedish Tammerfors), Finland's second city |
| 坦克车 | tǎn kè chē | tank (armored vehicle) |
| 坦博拉 | Tǎn bó lā | Tambora, volcano on Indonesian island of Sumbawa 松巴哇, whose 1815 eruption is greatest in recorded history |
| 坦噶尼喀 | Tǎn gá ní kā | Tanganyika on continent of West Africa, one component of Tanzania |
| 坦噶尼喀湖 | Tǎn gá ní kā hú | Lake Tanganyika in West Africa |
| 坦承 | tǎn chéng | to confess; to admit; to come clean; calmly |
| 坦然无惧 | tǎn rán wú jù | remain calm and undaunted |
| 坦诚 | tǎn chéng | candid; frank; plain dealing |
| 坦诚相见 | tǎn chéng xiāng jiàn | to trust one another fully; to treat sb with sincerity |
| 坦途 | tǎn tú | highway; level road |
| 塔吉克斯坦 | Tǎ jí kè sī tǎn | Tajikistan |
| 尤卡坦 | Yóu kǎ tǎn | Yucatan (Mexican province) |
| 尤卡坦半岛 | Yóu kǎ tǎn bàn dǎo | Yucatan peninsula (Mexico) |
巴勒斯坦民族权力 机构 | Bā lè sī tǎn Mín zú Quán lì Jī gòu | Palestinian National Authority |
| 巴勒斯坦解放组织 | Bā lè sī tǎn jiě fàng zǔ zhī | Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) |
| 巴坦群岛 | Bā tǎn qún dǎo | Batan Islands in Bashi Channel between Taiwan and the Philippines |
| 布里坦尼 | Bù lǐ tǎn ní | Brittany (France); Bretagne |
| 库尔德斯坦 | Kù ěr dé sī tǎn | Kurdistan |
| 康斯坦察 | Kāng sī tǎn chá | Constanta (city in Romania) |
| 拉贾斯坦邦 | Lā jiǎ sī tǎn bāng | Rajasthan (state in India) |
| 斯坦佛 | Sī tǎn fó | Stanford (name); Stanford University, Palo Alto, California |
| 斯坦佛大学 | Sī tǎn fó Dà xué | Stanford University, Palo Alto, California |
| 斯坦利 | Sī tǎn lì | Stanley (name) |
| 斯坦因 | Sī tǎn yīn | Stein (name); Marc Aurel Stein (1862-1943), British adventurer and archaeologist who explorer Xinjiang in early 20th century |
| 斯坦福・莱佛士 | Sī tǎn fú · Lái fó shì | Stamford Raffles (1781-1826), British statesman and founder of the city of Singapore |
| 斯坦福大学 | Sī tǎn fú Dà xué | Stanford University |