池 chí — pond; reservoir
公园的池塘里养着许多金鱼。Gōng yuán de chí táng lǐ yǎng zhe xǔ duō jīn yú.Many goldfish are kept in the park pond.
Common words: 电池 (diàn chí)、游泳池 (yóu yǒng chí)、池子 (chí zi)
Meaning Index
Chinese characters meaning "pond"
Learn Chinese characters with the meaning "pond", including 池 (chí), 塘 (táng), 沼 (zhǎo). Study pinyin, English meanings, traditional forms, common words…
How to Study This Meaning Group
The English word "pond" covers 3 different Chinese characters — 池 (chí), 塘 (táng), 沼 (zhǎo) — and each is its own word with its own feel. These 3 characters do not share a sound — their readings span chí, táng, zhǎo — so confirm the pinyin and tone for each one separately. The example sentences further down show how 池 and the others are actually used, so you learn them in context rather than as a single translation.
- 池 chípond; reservoirUseful words: 电池, 游泳池
- 塘 tángpondUseful words: 池塘, 水塘
- 沼 zhǎopond; poolUseful words: 沼泽, 沼气
Common words for these 3 "pond" characters
Anchor each of these 3 characters in a word you can picture — start with 池 (chí) — so "pond" turns into concrete usage instead of a one-to-one translation.
电池diàn chíbattery; electric cell游泳池yóu yǒng chíswimming pool池子chí zipond; bathhouse pool; dance floor of a ballroom; (old) stalls (front rows in a theater)池塘chí tángpool; pond水塘shuǐ tángpool火塘huǒ tángindoor fire pit沼泽zhǎo zémarsh; swamp; wetlands; glade沼气zhǎo qìmarsh gas; methane CH4湖沼hú zhǎolakes and marshes
See each character in a sentence
Each character below is shown in a short example sentence with pinyin and an English translation — the quickest way to feel the difference between the 3 ways to say "pond".
塘 táng — pond
池塘里的荷叶上停着一只青蛙。Chí táng lǐ de hé yè shàng tíng zhe yì zhī qīng wā.A frog sits on a lotus leaf in the pond.
Common words: 池塘 (chí táng)、水塘 (shuǐ táng)、火塘 (huǒ táng)
沼 zhǎo — pond; pool
沼泽地里生长着许多水草。Zhǎo zé dì lǐ shēng zhǎng zhe xǔ duō shuǐ cǎo.Many water plants grow in the marsh.
Common words: 沼泽 (zhǎo zé)、沼气 (zhǎo qì)、湖沼 (hú zhǎo)
All 3 characters
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