Zhōuwéi huánjìng zěnmeyàng? Jìng bu jìng? Yèwǎn nào bu nào?
What’s the neighbourhood like? Is it quiet? Is it noisy at night?
Sentence #420388 from Tatoeba · translation adapted
How 环境 is built
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环huánring
王king · wángMeaning part
不no · bùSound part
王 hints at the meaning (king); 不 (bù) hints at the sound. Compare it with huán.
境jìngborder
土earth · tǔMeaning part
竟finally · jìngSound part
土 hints at the meaning (earth); 竟 (jìng) hints at the sound. Compare it with jìng.
How to write 环境
环 8 strokes · 境 14 strokes
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Stroke order chart for 环境 (huánjìng). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.
环境 (huánjìng) means “environment” or “surroundings”. It is an HSK 3 word.
Say it huánjìng: huán with a 2nd tone, then jìng with a 4th tone. 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, 环境 is written 環境. The pronunciation is the same.
Use 个 (gè). For example, one environment is 一个环境 (yí ge huánjìng).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type huanjing with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 环境 from the suggestions. Typing huanjing into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
环境 is an HSK 3 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.
环huán2nd tone, rising
境jìng4th tone, falling
