滩涂

灘塗
tāntú
noun #78,494

Meanings

  1. 1 mudflat; tidal flat

Examples

HSK 7-9
Tuìcháo yǐhòu, tāntú shàng dàochù shì xiǎo pángxiè.
When the tide goes out, the mudflat is crawling with little crabs.
HSK 7-9
Dāngdìrén bǎ dàpiàn tāntú gǎizào chéng le yǎngzhíchǎng.
The locals turned a large stretch of mudflat into shellfish farms.

Tips

culture
Silt from rivers and tides builds wide 滩涂 along China's east coast, from Jiangsu down to Fujian. They are farmed for clams and razor clams, and are home to the mudskipper, 弹涂鱼, which hops across the mud at low tide.

Stroke Order

滩 tān
涂 tú