植被

zhíbèi

noun #29,833

Meanings

1 vegetation
2 plant cover
3 flora of a region

Characters

to plant; vegetation; plant (noun)

to cover; quilt; (passive marker)

Examples

HSK 7-9

这片土地的植被非常茂盛。

Zhè piàn tǔdì de zhíbèi fēicháng màoshèng.

The vegetation on this land is very lush.

HSK 7-9

森林砍伐破坏了当地的植被。

Sēnlín kǎnfá pòhuài le dāngdì de zhíbèi.

Deforestation has destroyed the local plant cover.

Tips

memory

植 means 「plant」 and 被 here means 「to cover.」 So 植被 is the 「plant covering」 of a landscape - a vivid way to think about vegetation as nature's blanket.

Stroke Order

植 zhí

被 bèi