盆地 péndì▶ cuenca, lavabo

Stroke order

盆地 is written in 15 strokes across 2 characters.

• 盆 — 9 strokes
• 地 — 6 strokes

Senses

1. (geography) basin
2. depression

Related words

• 地势Terreno
• 地步condición; apuro; situación; estado; extensión
• 地质geología
• 基地base
• 耕地Tierra cultivada
• 阵地posición

盆地 is pronounced péndì and means “cuenca, lavabo”. HSK 6 places it in the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, the standardised measure of Chinese proficiency. There is a real difference between having seen 盆地 and being able to use it, and cramming a list flatters the first while doing little for the second. LexiTrail shows you the word again at the point your recall of it is about to lapse.