壤 (rǎng) means Soil (area). Below are 4 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
河边的土 壤 最肥沃。
Hé biān de tǔrǎng zuì féiwò.
The soil by the river is the most fertile.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 肥沃
这里的土 壤 很适合种茶。
Zhèlǐ de tǔrǎng hěn shìhé zhòng chá.
The soil here is very suitable for growing tea.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 土壤
过量使用化肥会破坏土 壤 。
Guòliàng shǐyòng huàféi huì pòhuài tǔrǎng.
Using too much chemical fertiliser damages the soil.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 化肥
宽松的环境是创新的土 壤 。
Kuānsōng de huánjìng shì chuàngxīn de tǔrǎng.
A relaxed environment is the soil in which innovation grows.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 土壤
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Words that contain 壤
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Questions about 壤
How is 壤 used in a sentence?
This page shows 4 sentences using 壤 (rǎng, "Soil (area)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 壤 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 壤 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Where can I see the full entry for 壤?
The dictionary page for 壤 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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