坡地 (pō de) — sloping land, hillside, slope | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

sloping landhillsideslope

Measure word · 块

Examples

坡地。
Zhè piàn pō de fēi cháng shì hé zhòng zhí chá yè.
This sloping land is very suitable for planting tea.
坡地。
Nóng mín men zài pō de shàng kāi kěn le xīn de tī tián.
The farmers reclaimed new terraced fields on the slope.
，坡地。
Yóu yú dì shì dǒu qiào, zhè kuài pō de hěn nán xiū jiàn fáng wū.
Because the terrain is steep, it is very difficult to build houses on this hillside.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

坡地 is land that has a 坡, a sloping surface, rather than flat ground.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

土皮坡

Meaning part形符xíngfú

土土tǔdirt

Sound part声符shēngfú

皮

皮pí坡pō

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

坡 combines 土, shown as dirt, with 皮, a part used for sound.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

土也地

Meaning part形符xíngfú

土土tǔearth

Sound part声符shēngfú

也

也yě地dì

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

地 is built from 土 (earth) and 也, which gives its sound.

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