Chinese symbol for “watershed”
分水岭
fēn shuǐ lǐng
Traditional: 分水嶺
dividing range; drainage divide; (fig.) dividing line; watershed
The closest CC-CEDICT match for watershed is 分水岭 (fēn shuǐ lǐng), defined as: dividing range; drainage divide; (fig.) dividing line; watershed.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “watershed”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 分水岭.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 部分 | bù fen | part; portion; piece; Taiwan pr. [bu4fen4] |
| 分析 | fēn xī | to analyze; analysis |
| 分别 (分別) | fēn bié | to part; to leave each other; to distinguish; to tell apart |
| 分钟 (分鐘) | fēn zhōng | minute |
| 十分 | shí fēn | very; completely |
| 分享 | fēn xiǎng | to share (esp. sth enjoyable, useful or beneficial) |
| 水平 | shuǐ píng | horizontal; level; a standard; a level (of ability, development etc) |
| 水果 | shuǐ guǒ | fruit |
| 山岭 (山嶺) | shān lǐng | mountain ridge |
See also: Japanese symbol for “watershed”.
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.