Chinese word

深度

Pronunciation

Pinyinshēn dù

Meaning

  • noundepth

Example

这条河的深度只有两米。zhè tiáo hé de shēn dù zhí yǒu liáng mǐ

This river is only two meters deep.

Illustration for 深度 (depth)

More examples

潜水艇能下潜到五百米的深度。qián shuí tǐng néng xià qián dào wú bái mǐ de shēn dù

The submarine can dive to a depth of 500 meters.

Core concept

A scale showing how far something reaches inward or how strongly a quality extends.

Common phrases

  • 探测深度tàn cè shēn dù

    depth detection

  • 最大深度zuì dà shēn dù

    maximum depth

  • 平均深度píng jūn shēn dù

    average depth

Similar words

程度chéng dù: The size or range of a condition or quality.
深处shēn chù: A location deeper inside or farther down in a place.
深浅shēn qiǎn: The degree of deepness or shallowness.
水深shuǐ shēn: The measured depth of water in a river, lake, or sea.

Definition in Chinese

表示按一定参照或尺度衡量的深浅或程度，可指物体的垂直深度，也可指情感、理解或影响等方面的深度。biǎo shì àn yí dìng cān zhào huò chǐ dù héng liáng de shēn qiǎn huò chéng dù kě zhǐ wù tǐ de chuí zhí shēn dù yě kě zhǐ qíng gǎn lí jiě huò yíng xiǎng děng fāng miàn de shēn dù

Word origin

深度 (shēndù, "depth") combines 深 (shēn, "deep") with 度 (dù, "measure or degree"), linking physical deepness with a measurable level of an abstract quality.

Usage tips

  • Because this is a measurement noun, numbers and units fit its physical uses, while abstract uses benefit from naming what the scale concerns, such as thought or influence.

Other meanings

  • degreenoun
  • depth of thoughtnoun

Related words

  • 深度测量shēn dù cè liángdepth measurementnoun

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