day 54shape and size
unit 7 · travel and geographyshape and size
Describe shapes and sizes in a landscape (sunken, jutting, flat, tilted, towering, vast, narrow) and say “nothing is more … than …”.
today’s words
- 凹 āo · sunken, concave
- 凸 tū · protruding, convex
- 扁 biǎn · flat
- 横 héng · horizontal, crosswise
- 倾斜 qīngxié · to tilt, lean
- 棱角 léngjiǎo · edges and corners; sharpness
- 轮廓 lúnkuò · outline, contour
- 格子 gézi · check pattern, squares
- 花纹 huāwén · decorative pattern
- 花样 huāyàng · variety, pattern; trick
- 立体 lìtǐ · three-dimensional
- 个头儿 gètóur · height, size (of a person)
- 巨人 jùrén · giant
- 渺小 miǎoxiǎo · tiny, insignificant
- 微型 wēixíng · miniature, micro-
- 袖珍 xiùzhēn · pocket-sized
- 区区 qūqū · a mere, trifling
- 胖乎乎 pànghūhū · chubby, plump
- 稚嫩 zhìnèn · tender, young, immature
- 宽敞 kuānchang · spacious, roomy
- 宽阔 kuānkuò · broad, wide
- 宽广 kuānguǎng · vast, broad (also of the mind)
- 宽松 kuānsōng · loose (clothes); relaxed, roomy
- 宽泛 kuānfàn · broad, vague
- 辽阔 liáokuò · vast, boundless (land, sea)
- 开阔 kāikuò · open, wide; open-minded
- 浩瀚 hàohàn · vast (sea, sky, books)
- 茫茫 mángmáng · boundless, hazy
- 狭小 xiáxiǎo · narrow and small, cramped
- 狭窄 xiázhǎi · narrow
- 陡 dǒu · steep
- 矗立 chùlì · to stand tall, tower
- 屹立 yìlì · to stand firm, tower
- 耸立 sǒnglì · to rise high, tower
- 挺拔 tǐngbá · tall and straight
- 莫 mò · nothing, no one (written)
sentences
- 峡谷两边耸立着陡峭的悬崖。 · Sheer cliffs rise high on both sides of the gorge.
- 站在大山面前，人显得很渺小。 · Standing before the great mountains, people look tiny.
- 江边矗立着一座座高楼。 · Tall buildings tower along the river.
- 山路很狭窄，只能一个人走。 · The path is so narrow that only one person can pass at a time.
- 爬山最好穿宽松的衣服。 · For hiking it’s best to wear loose clothes.