HSK 6 · Places

丘陵 qiūlíng “hills” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 丘陵 means

  1. hills
  2. hilly land

How to say 丘陵

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale丘qiū1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale陵líng2nd tone, rising

丘陵 in a sentence

  1. 丘陵沐浴在阳光下。

    Qiūlíng mùyù zài yángguāng xià.

    The hills are bathed in sunlight.

    Sentence #426301 from Tatoeba

  2. 重庆是一座丘陵的城市，道路弯弯曲曲的。

    Chóngqìng shì yí zuò qiūlíng de chéngshì, dàolù wānwānqūqū de.

    Chongqing is a hilly city with winding roads.

    Sentence #2228186 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 丘陵 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 丘 (qiū) with each of its parts in a different colour
丘qiūmound
  • 斤axe · jīn
  • 一one · yī
The character 陵 (líng) with each of its parts in a different colour
陵língmound
  • 阝place
  • 夌to dawdle · líng

How to write 丘陵

丘 5 strokes · 陵 10 strokes

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

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

Words related to 丘陵

More words: Places & Geography

盆地péndì · basin (geography)偏僻piānpì · remote平原píngyuán · plain坡pō · slope区域qūyù · area上游shàngyóu · upper reaches (of a river)山脉shānmài · mountain range省会shěnghuì · provincial capital

FAQs

丘陵 (qiūlíng) means “hills” or “hilly land”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it qiūlíng: qiū with a 1st tone, then líng with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 丘陵 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type qiuling with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 丘陵 from the suggestions. Typing qiuling into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
丘陵 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

Turn words into conversations

A dictionary gives you the words. A native teacher shows you how to use them. Start with a free 30-minute intro call.

Book a free intro call

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.