"Pond" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 池塘 | chí táng | pool / pond |   |
| 水池 | shuǐ chí | pond / pool / sink / washbasin | |
| 积水 | jī shuǐ | to collect water / to be covered with water / to pond / accumulated water / ponding | |
| 池子 | chí zi | pond / bathhouse pool / dance floor of a ballroom / (old) stalls (front rows in a theater) | |
| 池沼 | chí zhǎo | pool / pond | |
| 泽 |  zé | pool / pond / (of metals etc) luster / favor or beneficence / damp / moist | |
| 荡 | dàng | to wash / to squander / to sweep away / to move / to shake / dissolute / pond | |
| 池 | chí | pond / reservoir / moat | |
| 沼 | zhǎo | pond / pool | |
| 潭 | tán | deep pool / pond / pit (dialect) / depression | |
| 潢 | huáng | dye paper / lake / pond / mount scroll | |
| 陂 | bēi | pool / pond / bank of a pond / mountain slope / Taiwan pr. [pi2] | |
| 潴 | zhū | pool / pond | |
| 溏 | táng | half congealed / pond | |
| 水凼 | shuǐ dàng | pond | |
| 潭底 | tán dǐ | bottom of a (deep) pond | |
| 陂塘 | bēi táng | pool / pond | |
| 泡子 | pāo zi | small lake / pond | |
| 泳池 | yǒng chí | swimming pond | |
| 龙潭 | lóng tán | dragon pool / dragon pond / see also 龍潭|龙潭[Long2 tan2] | |
| 深潭 | shēn tán | deep natural pond / deep pit / abyss | |
| 塘 | táng | dyke / embankment / pool or pond / hot-water bathing pool | |
| 竭泽而渔 | jié zé ér yú | lit. to drain the pond to get at the fish (idiom) / fig. to kill the goose that lays the golden eggs | |
| 埧 | jù | diked pond | |
| 涂潭 | tú tán | muddy water in a pool or pond | |
| 池鹭 | chí lù | (bird species of China) Chinese pond heron (Ardeola bacchus) | |
| 沉潭 | chén tán | to sink sb to the bottom of a pond (a kind of private punishment, especially for unfaithful wives) | |
| 滊 | xiē | saline pond | |
| 潭子 | tán zi | deep natural pond | |
| 潭影 | tán yǐng | reflection in a deep pond | |
| 稳定塘 | wěn dìng táng | waste stabilization pond | |
| 隐潭 | yǐn tán | hidden pond or pool | |
| 尾矿池 | yǐ kuàng chí | tailings pond | |
| 尾水池 | yǐ shuǐ chí | tailings pond | |
| 太阳能池 | tài yáng néng chí | solar pond | |
| 池塘生物 | pond life | | |
| 临渊羡鱼，不如退而结网 | lín yuān xiàn yú , bù rú tuì ér jié wǎng | better to go home and weave a net than to stand by the pond longing for fish (idiom) / one should take practical steps to achieve one's aim | |
| 宁做鸡头，不做凤尾 | nìng zuò jī tóu , bù zuò fèng wěi | lit. would rather be a chicken's head than a phoenix's tail (idiom) / fig. to prefer to be a big fish in a small pond rather than a small fish in a big pond | |
| 碧池 | bì chí | bitch (loanword) (Internet slang) / clear water pond | |
| 塘堰 | táng yàn | irrigation pond or dam | |
| 爪哇池鹭 | Zhǎo wā chí lù | (bird species of China) Javan pond heron (Ardeola speciosa) | |
