沼泽

沼澤

zhǎozé

noun HSK 7 #7,058

Measure Word

一片沼泽 piàn

Meanings

1 swamp
2 marsh
3 bog

Characters

marsh; beneficence

Examples

这片沼泽里有很多鸟类。

Zhè piàn zhǎozé lǐ yǒu hěn duō niǎolèi.

There are many birds in this swamp.

他们小心地穿过沼泽地。

Tāmen xiǎoxīn de chuānguò zhǎozédì.

They carefully crossed the marshland.

Tips

memory

Both 沼 and 泽 have the water radical 氵, reinforcing that this is a waterlogged place. 沼 is a pond/pool and 泽 is a marsh — together they paint a picture of wet, boggy land.

Stroke Order

沼 zhǎo

泽 zé