| 潭 | tán | deep pool; pond; pit (topolect); depression; surname Tan |
| 湘潭 | Xiāng tán | Xiangtan prefecture level city in Hunan |
| 泥潭 | ní tán | quagmire |
| 一潭死水 | yī tán sǐ shuǐ | a pool of stagnant water; stagnant or listless condition |
| 涂潭 | tú tán | muddy water in a pool or pond |
| 平潭 | Píng tán | Pingtan county in Fuzhou 福州, Fujian |
| 平潭县 | Píng tán xiàn | Pingtan county in Fuzhou 福州, Fujian |
| 日月潭 | Rì yuè tán | Sun and moon lake (e.g. Dalian, Taiwan etc) |
| 气潭 | qì tán | air pocket |
| 水潭 | shuǐ tán | puddle; pool |
| 沉潭 | chén tán | drowning sb tied to a rock (as a form of torture) |
| 深潭 | shēn tán | deep natural pond; deep pit; abyss |
| 湄潭 | Méi tán | Meitan county in Zun'yi 遵义, Guizhou |
| 湄潭县 | Méi tán xiàn | Meitan county in Zun'yi 遵义, Guizhou |
| 湘潭地区 | Xiāng tán dì qū | Xiangtan prefecture in Hunan |
| 湘潭市 | Xiāng tán shì | Xiangtan prefecture level city in Hunan |
| 湘潭县 | Xiāng tán xiàn | Xiangtan county in Xiangtan 湘潭, Hunan |
| 潭奥 | tán ào | profound; deep |
| 潭子 | Tán zǐ | Tantzu township in Taichung county 台中县, Taiwan |
| 潭子 | tán zi | deep natural pond |
| 潭子乡 | Tán zǐ xiāng | Tantzu township in Taichung county 台中县, Taiwan |
| 潭底 | tán dǐ | bottom of a (deep) pond |
| 潭府 | tán fǔ | abyss; imposing dwellings and spacious courtyard; your residence; deep pool |
| 潭影 | tán yǐng | reflection in a deep pond |
| 潭柘寺 | Tán zhè sì | Tanzhe Temple |
| 潭水 | tán shuǐ | deep water |
| 潭祉 | tán zhǐ | great happiness |
| 潭第 | tán dì | variant of 覃第 |
| 潭腿 | tán tuǐ | Tantui, a northern school of martial arts boxing |
| 湾潭 | wān tán | curved pool |
| 狮潭 | Shī tán | Shitan or Shihtan township in Miaoli county 苗栗县, northwest Taiwan |
| 狮潭乡 | Shī tán xiāng | Shitan or Shihtan township in Miaoli county 苗栗县, northwest Taiwan |
| 珊瑚潭 | shān hú tán | coral lake |
| 碧潭 | bì tán | green pool; Bitan or Green Pool on Xindian Creek 新店溪, Taipei county, Taiwan |
| 临潭 | Lín tán | Lintan county in Gannan Tibetan autonomous prefecture 甘南藏族自治州, Gansu |
| 临潭县 | Lín tán xiàn | Lintan county in Gannan Tibetan autonomous prefecture 甘南藏族自治州, Gansu |
| 隐潭 | yǐn tán | hidden pond or pool |
| 鹰潭 | Yīng tán | Yingtan prefecture level city in Jiangxi |
| 鹰潭市 | Yīng tán shì | Yingtan prefecture level city in Jiangxi |
| 龙潭 | lóng tán | dragon pool; dragon pond; see also 龙潭; Longtan district of Jilin city 吉林市, Jilin province; Longtan or Lungtan township in Taoyuan county 桃园县, north Taiwan |
| 龙潭区 | Lóng tán qū | Longtan district of Jilin city 吉林市, Jilin province |
| 龙潭沟 | Lóng tán gōu | Longtan Ravine, scenic area in Xixia county 西峡县, Nanyang 南阳, Henan |
| 龙潭乡 | Lóng tán xiāng | Longtan or Lungtan township in Taoyuan county 桃园县, north Taiwan |
| 龙马潭区 | Lóng mǎ tán qū | Longmatan district of Luzhou city 泸州市, Sichuan |
