池塘 (chítáng) — pond

Characters in this word

Strokes: 6
Radical: 氵 — water
Made of: 氵 water 也 also, too
How it's built: Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

Strokes: 13
Radical: 土 — soil, earth
Made of: 土 soil, earth 唐 the Tang dynasty
How it's built: Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

雨季过后，村口的池塘水位上涨，连原本裸露的石阶都被淹没了。 Yǔjì guò hòu, cūnkǒu de chítáng shuǐwèi shàngzhǎng, lián yuánběn luǒlù de shíjiē dōu bèi yānmò le. After the rainy season, the pond at the village entrance rose so high that even the exposed stone steps were submerged.
池塘里有几条红色的鱼，孩子们正在喂它们。 Chítáng lǐ yǒu jǐ tiáo hóngsè de yú, háizimen zhèngzài wèi tāmen. There are some red fish in the pond, and the kids are feeding them.
夏天的晚上，池塘边的青蛙叫个不停。 Xiàtiān de wǎnshang, chítáng biān de qīngwā jiào ge bù tíng. On summer evenings the frogs by the pond croak nonstop.