地质学

地質學
dìzhìxué
noun #31,387

Meanings

  1. 1 geology
  2. 2 the study of the earth

Examples

Tā zài dàxué lǐ xué dìzhìxué.
He studies geology at university.
Dìzhìxuéjiā fēnxī le zhè kuài yánshí de chéngfèn.
The geologist analyzed the composition of this rock.

Tips

memory
Three transparent pieces: (dì, earth) + (zhì, substance / quality) + (xué, study). "Study of earth-substance" = geology. The pattern 地理学 (geography), 生物学 (biology), 化学 (chemistry) all share the - = "-ology" suffix.

Stroke Order

zhì
xué