湿地 (shī dì) — wetland | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

wetland

Measure word · 片

Examples

湿地。
Zhè piàn shī dì shì xǔ duō hòu niǎo de qī xī dì.
This wetland is a habitat for many migratory birds.
湿地。
Jiàn lì zì rán bǎo hù qū néng yǒu xiào bǎo hù shī dì de shēng tài xì tǒng.
Establishing nature reserves can effectively protect the ecosystem of wetlands.
湿地。
Xué shēng men qù shī dì jìn xíng le yí cì shēng tài kǎo chá.
The students went to the wetland for an ecological survey.

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.

Wet describes land that is water-saturated, so 湿地 means a wetland.

Characters in this word

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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.

Appears in

HSK 3.0 Level 7-9 Environment & Ecology Geography & Landforms

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