Chinese symbol for “shoal”
汀洲
tīng zhōu
shoal; islet in a stream
The closest CC-CEDICT match for shoal is 汀洲 (tīng zhōu), defined as: shoal; islet in a stream.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “shoal”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 汀 | tīng | sandbar; shoal |
| 滩 (灘) | tān | beach; shoal |
| 浅滩 (淺灘) | qiǎn tān | shallows; shoal |
| 汀渚 | tīng zhǔ | shoal; islet in a stream |
| 海涂 (海塗) | hǎi tú | tidal marsh; shoal |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 汀洲.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 辛伐他汀 | xīn fá tā tīng | simvastatin |
| 克汀病 | kè tīng bìng | cretinism |
| 因吹斯汀 | yīn chuī sī tīng | (loanword) interesting |
| 水汀 | shuǐ tīng | steam (Shanghainese) |
| 水门汀 (水門汀) | shuǐ mén tīng | cement (Shanghainese) (loanword) |
| 三角洲 | sān jiǎo zhōu | delta (geography) |
| 绿洲 (綠洲) | lǜ zhōu | oasis |
| 洲际 (洲際) | zhōu jì | intercontinental |
See also: Japanese symbol for “shoal”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.