How to say “pond” in Chinese
pond, pool
“Pond” in Chinese is 池, chí: the meaning, a recording of how it sounds, the characters stroke by stroke and examples.
How to pronounce it
池 is read chí. The tone is part of the word: with another melody you get another word, or just a jumble of sounds.
How to write it
On the left, 氵 “water”. 电池 — a “pond for electricity”, a battery.
Strokes go in order: top to bottom and left to right, horizontal before vertical. Tap a character to open its page, with the strokes shown large and the words it appears in. To train your hand, print a handwriting sheet for “池”.
Examples
Sentences from the course lessons with 池. Tap the sound icon to listen.
- 我们小区里有游泳池wǒmenxiǎoqūliyǒuyóuyǒngchíOur housing complex has a swimming pool.
- 电池用了三年，该更换了。diànchíyònglesānnián,gāigēnghuànleThe battery is three years old — time to replace it.
- 电池该更换了diànchígāigēnghuànleThe battery needs replacing.
- 这个游泳池的深度是两米zhègeyóuyǒngchídeshēndùshìliǎngmǐThe depth of this pool is two meters.
- 这些电池留着备用吧zhèxiēdiànchíliúzhebèiyòngbaKeep these batteries just in case.
- 你怎么买了这么多电池？nǐzěnmemǎilezhèmeduōdiànchíWhy did you buy so many batteries?
More characters by topic — happiness, luck, strength, nature — on the page “Chinese characters with meanings”.
More words from the lesson “Rivers, lakes, deserts”
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Frequently asked questions
How do you say “pond” in Chinese?
“Pond” in Chinese is 池, pinyin chí.
What does 池 mean?
池 (chí) means “pond, pool”.
How do you write 池?
池 is 1 character. The stroke order of each one is shown step by step on this page.
How do you pronounce 池?
池 is read chí. Tones: chí — second tone. The page has a native speaker recording.
“pond” in the lesson “Rivers, lakes, deserts”
This word is from the topic “Earth, weather, ecology” of HSK 5. In the lesson you hear it in a dialogue, build a sentence with it and say it out loud. Start for free, no sign-up needed.
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