填地

tiándì

noun

Meanings

1 landfill
2 land reclamation
3 to fill in land

Characters

Examples

HSK 4

城市垃圾大多送到填地处理。

Chéngshì lājī dàduō sòngdào tiándì chǔlǐ.

Most city garbage is sent to landfills for processing.

HSK 7-9

香港机场是通过填地建成的。

Xiānggǎng jīchǎng shì tōngguò tiándì jiànchéng de.

Hong Kong's airport was built through land reclamation.

Tips

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Hong Kong / Cantonese-influenced term. In Mainland Mandarin, 'landfill' is more often 垃圾填埋场 and 'land reclamation' is 填海 when filling sea, 填海造地 for the full process.

Stroke Order

填 tián

地 dì