南极洲

南極洲
Nánjízhōu
noun #23,028

Meanings

  1. 1 Antarctica
  2. 2 the Antarctic continent

Examples

Nánjízhōu shì dìqiú shàng zuì hánlěng, zuì gānzào de dàlù.
Antarctica is the coldest and driest continent on Earth.
Kēxuéjiā zài Nánjízhōu fāxiàn le gǔdài bīngxīn yàngběn.
Scientists discovered ancient ice core samples in Antarctica.

Tips

memory
(south) + (pole/extreme) + (continent). Literally 'the southern pole continent' — a perfect geographic description. Compare 北极 (Běijí), the North Pole, which has no because it is ocean ice, not a continent.

Stroke Order

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