HSK 5 · Nature

池塘 chítáng “pond” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 池塘 means

  1. pond
  2. pool

How to say 池塘

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale池chí2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale塘táng2nd tone, rising

池塘 in a sentence

  1. 池塘上有座桥。

    Chítáng shàng yǒu zuò qiáo.

    There is a bridge over the pond.

    Sentence #8800731 from Tatoeba

  2. 让孩子远离池塘。

    Ràng háizi yuǎnlí chítáng.

    Keep children away from the pond.

    Sentence #782657 from Tatoeba

  3. 以前在这个池塘里有许多青蛙。

    Yǐqián zài zhè ge chítáng lǐ yǒu xǔduō qīngwā.

    There used to be lots of frogs in this pond.

    Sentence #830336 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 池塘 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 池 (chí) with each of its parts in a different colour
池chípond
  • 氵water form of 水 · shuǐMeaning part
  • 也also · yěSound part

氵 hints at the meaning (water); 也 (yě) hints at the sound. Compare it with chí.

The character 塘 (táng) with each of its parts in a different colour
塘tángdyke
  • 土earth · tǔMeaning part
  • 唐the Tang dynasty · tángSound part

土 hints at the meaning (earth); 唐 (táng) hints at the sound. Compare it with táng.

How to write 池塘

池 6 strokes · 塘 13 strokes

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

Words related to 池塘

Words with 池

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FAQs

池塘 (chítáng) means “pond” or “pool”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it chítáng: chí with a 2nd tone, then táng with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 池塘 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type chitang with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 池塘 from the suggestions. Typing chitang into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
池塘 is an HSK 5 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 from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.