Chinese symbol for “terrain”
地势
dì shì
Traditional: 地勢
terrain; topography relief
The closest CC-CEDICT match for terrain is 地势 (dì shì), defined as: terrain; topography relief.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “terrain”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 形势 (形勢) | xíng shì | circumstances; situation |
| 地形 | dì xíng | topography; terrain |
| 地景 | dì jǐng | landscape; terrain |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 地势.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 土地 | tǔ dì | land; soil |
| 优势 (優勢) | yōu shì | superiority; dominance |
| 势力 (勢力) | shì li | power; influence |
| 趋势 (趨勢) | qū shì | trend; tendency |
| 形势 (形勢) | xíng shì | circumstances; situation |
See also: Japanese symbol for “terrain”.
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.