浅滩

Traditional form:

淺灘

Pinyin (reading):

qiǎntān

Definitions:

• shallows
• shoal
• sandbar

Characters:

• 浅 - shallow, superficial
• 滩 - rapids; sandbar, shoal

Traditional characters:

• 淺 - shallow, superficial
• 灘 - rapids; sandbar, shoal