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地质

dì zhì

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word Traditional 地質

地质 (dì zhì) means "geology". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 地质 means

1. geology

The characters in 地质

• 地dìearth; ground; field
• 质zhìcharacter; nature; quality

Example sentences

• 该探测器会归纳火星的地质和过去的气候，并成为第一个收集和储存火星岩石和风化层的探测器，为人类探索这颗红色星球铺平道路。
  The rover will characterize the planet’s geology and past climate and be the first mission to collect and cache Martian rock and regolith, paving the way for human exploration of the Red Planet.

Words starting with 地质

• 地质学dì zhì xuégeology
• 地质学家dì zhì xué jiāgeologist
• 地质年表dì zhì nián biǎogeological time scale
• 地质年代表dì zhì nián dài biǎogeological time scale

Words containing 地质

• 中国地质大学Zhōng guó Dì zhì Dà xuéChina University of Geosciences
• 美国地质局Měi guó Dì zhì júUnited States Geological Survey (USGS)
• 中国地质调查局Zhōng guó Dì zhì Diào chá júChina Geological Survey (CGS)
• 美国地质调查局Měi guó Dì zhì Diào chá júUnited States Geological Survey (USGS)

Sounds the same

Read dì zhì, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 帝制autocratic monarchy; imperial regime
• 递质neurotransmitter

Where 地质 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · dǎo–dì (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read dì zhì correctly.
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