Chinese symbol for “mesa”
台地
tái dì
Traditional: 臺地
tableland; mesa
The closest CC-CEDICT match for mesa is 台地 (tái dì), defined as: tableland; mesa.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “mesa”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 崮 | gù | steep-sided flat-topped mountain; mesa |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 台地.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 平台 (平臺) | píng tái | platform; terrace |
| 电视台 (電視台) | diàn shì tái | television station |
| 电台 (電臺) | diàn tái | transmitter-receiver; broadcasting station |
| 舞台 (舞臺) | wǔ tái | (lit. and fig.) stage; arena |
| 出台 (出臺) | chū tái | to officially launch (a policy, program etc); to appear on stage |
| 地区 (地區) | dì qū | region; area (informal or geographical term); prefecture (in China's administrative system) |
| 地方 | dì fāng | region; regional (away from the central administration) |
| 当地 (當地) | dāng dì | local |
See also: Japanese symbol for “mesa”.
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.