喀斯特

kāsītè
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 karst

Characters

A sound loan of 'karst'; the characters are chosen for their sound, not their meaning.

Examples

HSK 7-9
Guìlín de shānshuǐ shì diǎnxíng de kāsītè dìmào.
Guilin's scenery is a classic karst landscape.
HSK 7-9
Guìzhōu dàochù shì kāsītè róngdòng, yǒude dòng lǐ hái yǒu dìxiàhé.
Guizhou is full of karst caves, and some of them even have underground rivers.

Tips

history
A sound loan of Karst, a limestone plateau on the border of Slovenia and Italy that gave geology its name for these landscapes. The native Chinese term is 岩溶, 'rock dissolving'. China's karst country runs through 广西, 贵州 and 云南.

Stroke Order

喀 kā
斯 sī
特 tè