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领土

lǐngtǔ

territory

HSK 8 · Topic “State and authority”
Patches of colored land, one outlined with a red line
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Characters in this word

领 lǐng

Strokes
11
Radical
页 — page, sheet, leaf
Made of
令 command, decree, order 页 page, sheet, leaf
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

土 tǔ

Strokes
3
Radical
土 — soil, earth
How it's built
Pictograph — a drawing of the thing

Example phrases

  • 任何涉及领土主权的谈判，都不可能只用经济利益来衡量。 Rènhé shèjí lǐngtǔ zhǔquán de tánpàn, dōu bù kěnéng zhǐ yòng jīngjì lìyì lái héngliáng. No negotiation involving territorial sovereignty can be measured only in terms of economic interests.
  • 这个岛国的领土很小，但是风景非常漂亮。 Zhège dǎoguó de lǐngtǔ hěn xiǎo, dànshì fēngjǐng fēicháng piàoliang. This island nation has a very small territory, but the scenery is beautiful.
  • 地图上用不同的颜色标出了每个国家的领土。 Dìtú shàng yòng bùtóng de yánsè biāochū le měi gè guójiā de lǐngtǔ. The map marks each country's territory with a different color.

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