HSK 6 · Places

领土 lǐngtǔ “territory” in Chinese

Said as língtǔ

Traditional 領土

What 领土 means

  1. territory

How to say 领土

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale领lǐng3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale土tǔ3rd tone, dipping

Said as língtǔ. When two third tones meet, the first one rises into a second tone. You still write it with two third tones. How tone changes work

领土 in a sentence

  1. 俄罗斯是世界上领土面积最大的国家。

    Éluósī shì shìjiè shàng lǐngtǔ miànjī zuì dà de guójiā.

    Russia is the country with the largest territory in the world.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 这个国家的领土包括很多小岛。

    Zhè ge guójiā de lǐngtǔ bāokuò hěn duō xiǎodǎo.

    This country’s territory includes many small islands.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 领土 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 领 (lǐng) with each of its parts in a different colour
领lǐngneck
  • 令command · língSound part
  • 页page · xiéMeaning part

页 hints at the meaning (page); 令 (líng) hints at the sound. Compare it with lǐng.

The character 土 (tǔ) with each of its parts in a different colour
土tǔearth
  • 十ten · shí
  • 一one · yī

How to write 领土

领 11 strokes · 土 3 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

领土 (lǐngtǔ) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 领土 (lǐngtǔ). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 领土

Words with 领

领导lǐngdǎo · leader本领běnlǐng · skill领域lǐngyù · domain系领带jì lǐngdài · to tie a tie领会lǐnghuì · to understand领悟lǐngwù · to comprehend带领dàilǐng · to lead领先lǐngxiān · to lead率领shuàilǐng · to lead纲领gānglǐng · guiding principles

Words with 土

土豆tǔdòu · potato土地tǔdì · land土壤tǔrǎng · soil风土人情fēngtǔrénqíng · local customs and conditions

More words: Places & Geography

籍贯jíguàn · ancestral home井jǐng · well (for water)经纬jīngwěi · longitude and latitude就近jiùjìn · nearby畔pàn · bank (of a river or lake)盆地péndì · basin (geography)偏僻piānpì · remote平原píngyuán · plain

FAQs

领土 (lǐngtǔ) means “territory”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it lǐngtǔ: lǐng with a 3rd tone, then tǔ with a 3rd tone. In speech it sounds like língtǔ. When two third tones meet, the first one rises into a second tone. You still write it with two third tones. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 领土 is written 領土. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type lingtu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 领土 from the suggestions. Typing lingtu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
领土 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.