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冻土

dòng tǔ

2-character word Traditional 凍土

What 冻土 means

1. frozen earth
2. permafrost
3. tundra

The characters in 冻土

• 冻dòngto freeze; to feel very cold; aspic or jelly
• 土tǔearth; dust; clay

Example sentences

• 地球表面的五分之一被冻土覆盖了。
  Dìqiú biǎomiàn de wǔfēnzhīyī bèi dòngtǔ fùgài le.
  One fifth of the earth's surface is covered by permafrost.
• 地球表面的五分之一被冻土复盖了。
  One fifth of the earth's surface is covered by permafrost.

Words starting with 冻土

• 冻土层dòng tǔ céngpermafrost; tundra; layer of frozen soil

Words containing 冻土

• 永冻土yǒng dòng tǔpermafrost
• 永久冻土yǒng jiǔ dòng tǔpermafrost

Sounds the same

Read dòng tǔ, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 动土to break ground (prior to building sth); to start building