生物多样性

生物多樣性

shēngwùduōyàngxìng

noun

Meanings

1 biodiversity

Characters

thing, organism

Examples

保护生物多样性是全球课题。

Bǎohù shēngwùduōyàngxìng shì quánqiú kètí.

Protecting biodiversity is a global issue.

云南的生物多样性在中国首屈一指。

Yúnnán de shēngwùduōyàngxìng zài Zhōngguó shǒuqūyīzhǐ.

Yunnan's biodiversity is second to none in China.

Tips

usage

Built as 生物 (living things) + 多样 (diverse) + 性 (-ness), a transparent calque of English. Commonly collocated: 保护生物多样性 (protect biodiversity), 生物多样性公约 (Convention on Biological Diversity, CBD).

Stroke Order

生 shēng

物 wù

多 duō

样 yàng

性 xìng