窑洞

窯洞
yáodòng
noun #82,209

Measure Word

一孔窑洞 kǒng

Meanings

  1. 1 cave dwelling; yaodong

Examples

HSK 2
Tā xiǎoshíhou zhù zài yáodòng lǐ.
He lived in a cave dwelling as a child.
HSK 5
Yáodòng dōngtiān nuǎnhuo, xiàtiān liángkuai, zhìjīn hái yǒu bùshǎo Shǎnběi rén zhù zài lǐmian.
Cave dwellings are warm in winter and cool in summer, and many people in northern Shaanxi still live in them.

Tips

culture
窑洞 are dug into the loess hillsides of the 黄土高原 (Loess Plateau). From 1937 to 1947 毛泽东 and the Communist leadership lived and worked in cave dwellings at 延安, and those caves are now museums.

Stroke Order

窑 yáo
洞 dòng