滩涂

Traditional form:

灘塗

Pinyin (reading):

tāntú

Definitions:

• mudflat

Characters:

• 滩 - rapids; sandbar, shoal
• 涂 - to smear, to scribble, to daub; surname

Traditional characters:

• 灘 - rapids; sandbar, shoal
• 塗 - to smear, to scribble, to daub; surname