丘 qiū
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 一 — one
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
丘陵
qiūlíng
hills; hilly land
Characters in this word
陵 líng
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 阝 — place, town, city
- Made of
- 阝 place, town, city 夌 to dawdle
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 这片丘陵地带不适合大规模机械耕作，却孕育了丰富的茶树品种。 Zhè piàn qiūlíng dìdài bù shìhé dà guīmó jīxiè gēngzuò, què yùnyù le fēngfù de cháshù pǐnzhǒng. This hilly area is not suited to large-scale mechanised farming, yet it has nurtured a rich variety of tea plants.
- 火车穿过一片连绵的丘陵，窗外全是绿色的茶园。 Huǒchē chuānguò yī piàn liánmián de qiūlíng, chuāngwài quán shì lǜsè de cháyuán. The train passed through endless rolling hills, with green tea plantations filling the windows.
- 他的家乡位于丘陵地带，风景十分美丽。 Tā de jiāxiāng wèiyú qiūlíng dìdài, fēngjǐng shífēn měilì. His hometown lies in hilly country with very beautiful scenery.
Related words
- 山脉 shānmài mountain range
- 山谷 shāngǔ valley
- 山岭 shānlǐng mountain ridge; hills
- 绿洲 lǜzhōu oasis
- 山川 shānchuān mountains and rivers
- 绿地 lǜdì green space
- 江山 jiāngshān landscape; country; state power
- 湿地 shīdì wetland
- 上游 shàngyóu upstream; upper reaches; upstream sector
- 湿润 shīrùn moist; humid
- 流域 liúyù river basin; drainage area
- 流淌 liútǎng to flow