HSK 6 · Places

盆地 péndì “basin (geography)” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 盆地 means

  1. basin (geography)
  2. (geography) basin
  3. depression

How to say 盆地

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale盆pén2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale地dì4th tone, falling

盆地 in a sentence

  1. 四川盆地夏天又热又湿。

    Sìchuān péndì xiàtiān yòu rè yòu shī.

    The Sichuan Basin is hot and humid in summer.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 这个城市在一个盆地里，四周都是山。

    Zhè ge chéngshì zài yí ge péndì lǐ, sìzhōu dōu shì shān.

    This city lies in a basin surrounded by mountains.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 盆地 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 盆 (pén) with each of its parts in a different colour
盆pénbasin
  • 分to divide · fēnSound part
  • 皿dish · mǐnMeaning part

皿 hints at the meaning (dish); 分 (fēn) hints at the sound. Compare it with pén.

The character 地 (dì) with each of its parts in a different colour
地dìearth
  • 土earth · tǔMeaning part
  • 也also · yěSound part

土 hints at the meaning (earth); 也 (yě) hints at the sound. Compare it with dì.

Memory aidEarth 土 gives the meaning: the ground, a place.

How to write 盆地

盆 9 strokes · 地 6 strokes

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

Words related to 盆地

Words with 盆

盆pén · basin

Words with 地

地dì · earth地方dìfang · place地铁dìtiě · subway地图dìtú · map外地wàidì · another part of the country草地cǎodì · lawn地点dìdiǎn · place地址dìzhǐ · address地球dìqiú · the earth当地dāngdì · local

More words: Places & Geography

经纬jīngwěi · longitude and latitude就近jiùjìn · nearby领土lǐngtǔ · territory畔pàn · bank (of a river or lake)偏僻piānpì · remote平原píngyuán · plain坡pō · slope丘陵qiūlíng · hills

FAQs

盆地 (péndì) means “basin (geography)” or “(geography) basin”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it péndì: pén with a 2nd tone, then dì with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 盆地 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type pendi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 盆地 from the suggestions. Typing pendi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
盆地 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.