HSK 6 · Nature

生态 shēngtài “ecology” in Chinese

Traditional 生態

What 生态 means

  1. ecology
  2. ecosystem
  3. ecology (the study of interactions between organisms and their environment)
  4. ecological state (the condition or health of a natural environment)
  5. (fig.) ecosystem (a complex network, e.g. in tech, business or media, as in 数字生态 “digital ecosystem”)

How to say 生态

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale生shēng1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale态tài4th tone, falling

生态 in a sentence

  1. 她开始对生态学感兴趣，是受到他的影响。

    Tā kāishǐ duì shēngtàixué gǎn xìngqù, shì shòudào tā de yǐngxiǎng.

    It was through his influence that she became interested in ecology.

    Sentence #333785 from Tatoeba

  2. 我问了他许多关于生态环境的问题。

    Wǒ wèn le tā xǔduō guānyú shēngtài huánjìng de wèntí.

    I asked him many questions about ecology.

    Sentence #926842 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

  3. 生态印迹与一国的经济发展程度密切相关。

    Shēngtài yìnjì yǔ yì guó de jīngjì fāzhǎn chéngdù mìqiè xiāngguān.

    The ecological footprint of a country is closely related to its level of economic development.

    Sentence #6140903 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

How 生态 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 生 (shēng) drawn as one shape
生shēngto grow; to give birth; to produce

生 is a single shape of 5 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

Memory aidA shoot growing up out of the soil 土: to grow, to be born.

The character 态 (tài) with each of its parts in a different colour
态tàiappearance
  • 太very · tàiSound part
  • 心heart · xīnMeaning part

心 hints at the meaning (heart); 太 (tài) hints at the sound. Compare it with tài.

How to write 生态

生 5 strokes · 态 8 strokes

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

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

Words related to 生态

Words with 生

医生yīshēng · doctor学生xuésheng · student先生xiānsheng · mr大学生dàxuéshēng · university student小学生xiǎoxuéshēng · primary school student中学生zhōngxuéshēng · middle-school student生日shēngrì · birthday生病shēngbìng · to get sick生气shēngqì · angry女生nǚshēng · female student

Words with 态

态度tàidu · attitude状态zhuàngtài · condition神态shéntài · expression表态biǎotài · to state one’s position心态xīntài · mindset动态dòngtài · trend事态shìtài · situation形态xíngtài · form姿态zītài · posture

More words: Nature & Environment

梢shāo · tip (of a branch)牲畜shēngchù · livestock生存shēngcún · to survive盛开shèngkāi · to be in full bloom生物shēngwù · living thing石油shíyóu · oil水利shuǐlì · water conservancy饲养sìyǎng · to raise

FAQs

生态 (shēngtài) means “ecology” or “ecosystem”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it shēngtài: shēng with a 1st tone, then tài 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, 生态 is written 生態. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type shengtai with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 生态 from the suggestions. Typing shengtai into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
生态 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 from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.