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

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.

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