天池

Tiānchí

proper noun #85,204

Meanings

1 Heaven Lake, mountain lake in the Tian Shan east of Ürümqi, Xinjiang
2 Heaven Lake, the crater lake on top of Changbai Mountain in Jilin
3 a lake high in the mountains

Characters

Examples

HSK 2

天池离乌鲁木齐不远。

Tiānchí lí Wūlǔmùqí bù yuǎn.

Heaven Lake is not far from Ürümqi.

HSK 5

我们爬上长白山，看到了天池。

Wǒmen páshàng Chángbáishān, kàndào le Tiānchí.

We climbed Changbai Mountain and saw Heaven Lake.

Tips

usage

Many mountain lakes in China are called 天池, "heaven's pool". The best known are the lake below Bogda Peak in the 天山 and the crater lake of 长白山, which lies on the border with North Korea; Korean names it Cheonji, from the same characters.

Stroke Order

天 tiān

池 chí