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池

chí

HSK 5 Character

What 池 means

1. pond
2. reservoir
3. moat

Other readings

池 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• Chísurname Chi

Example sentences

• 禁止入池。
  Do not enter the pool.
• 电池很重。
  Batteries are heavy.
• 卸下电池。
  Remove the battery.
• 电池没电了。
  The battery died.
• 我回收电池。
  I recycled batteries.
• 他回收电池。
  He recycled batteries.

Words starting with 池

• 池子chí zipond; bathhouse pool; dance floor of a ballroom
• 池塘chí tángpool; pond
• 池中物chí zhōng wùperson of no particular talent
• 池州市Chí zhōu ShìChizhou, prefecture-level city in Anhui Province 安徽省
• 池田Chí tiánIkeda (Japanese surname)
• 池汤chí tānglarge pool in a bathhouse
• 池盐chí yánsalt from a salt lake
• 池沼chí zhǎopool; pond
• 池鹭chí lù(bird species of China) Chinese pond heron (Ardeola bacchus)
• 池州Chí zhōusee 池州市

Words containing 池

• 电池diàn chíbattery; electric cell
• 游泳池yóu yǒng chíswimming pool
• 水池shuǐ chípond; pool; sink
• 舞池wǔ chídance floor
• 浴池yù chípublic bath
• 天池tiān chí"heavenly lake", lake situated on a mountain; used as the name of numerous lakes, such as…
• 滇池Diān chílake Dianchi in Yunnan
• 泳池yǒng chíswimming pool
• 城池chéng chícity
• 喷水池pēn shuǐ chía fountain
• 蓄电池xù diàn chísecondary (rechargeable) battery; accumulator; storage cell
• 便池biàn chíurinal
• 卡池kǎ chídeck of cards (in a trading card game); (anime/games) pool…
• 差池chā chímistake; error; mishap
• 沙池shā chísandpit (for children's play or for long jump etc); sandbox
• 奖池jiǎng chí(gambling) prize pool; jackpot
• 干电池gān diàn chídry cell (battery)
• 原电池yuán diàn chíprimary cell; non-rechargeable battery
• 小便池xiǎo biàn chíurinal
• 洗手池xǐ shǒu chíbathroom sink; wash basin
• 游戏池yóu xì chípaddling pool; wading pool
• 花池子huā chí ziflower bed
• 许愿池xǔ yuàn chíwishing pond
• 不越雷池bù yuè Léi chínot overstepping the prescribed limits; to remain within bounds

Characters built on 也

These share the phonetic component 也 (yě), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 地dìearth; ground; field
• 驰chíto run fast; to speed; to gallop
• 弛chíto unstring a bow; to slacken; to relax
• 酏yíelixirs; sweet wine

Characters that look like 池

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 他tā(third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his…
• 地dìearth; ground; field
• 此cǐthis; these
• 北běinorth; (classical) to be defeated
• 弛chíto unstring a bow; to slacken; to relax
• 纰pīerror; carelessness; spoiled silk

Sounds the same

Read chí, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 迟late; delayed; slow
• 持to hold; to grasp; to support
• 驰to run fast; to speed; to gallop
• 匙spoon
• 弛to unstring a bow; to slacken; to relax
• 坻islet; rock in river
• 篪bamboo flute with 7 or 8 holes
• 踟used in 踟蹰
• 茌used in 茌平
• 蚳ant eggs
• 墀courtyard
• 箎bamboo flute with 8 holes