Chinese symbol for “hills”
丘陵
qiū líng
hills
The closest CC-CEDICT match for hills is 丘陵 (qiū líng), defined as: hills.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “hills”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 牡 | mǔ | (of a bird, animal or plant) male; key |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 丘陵.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 山丘 | shān qiū | hill |
| 沙丘 | shā qiū | sand dune; sandy hill |
| 比丘 | bǐ qiū | Buddhist monk (loanword from Sanskrit "bhiksu") |
| 小丘 | xiǎo qiū | hill; knoll |
| 丘疹 | qiū zhěn | pimple |
| 陵墓 | líng mù | tomb; mausoleum |
| 陵园 (陵園) | líng yuán | cemetery; mausoleum park |
| 陵寝 (陵寢) | líng qǐn | tomb (of king or emperor) |
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.