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洞穴 meaning in English

dòngxué

cave; cavern

14 strokes

Meaning of 洞穴

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

dòngxué
  1. cave
  2. cavern

洞穴 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

这zhè地dì方fāng有yǒu多duō少shǎo洞dòng穴xué？
How many caves are there in this area?
汤tāng姆mǔ将jiāng会huì是shì第dì一yí个gè进jìn入rù那nà洞dòng穴xué的de人rén。
Tom will be the first person to enter the cave.
汤tāng姆mǔ害hài怕pà待dài在zài洞dòng穴xué里lǐ。
Tom was afraid to stay in the cave.
汤tāng姆mǔ在zài洞dòng穴xué里lǐ找zhǎo到dào了le一yī具jù骨gǔ架jià。
Tom found a skeleton in the cave.
一yī条tiáo龙lóng住zhù在zài洞dòng穴xué里lǐ。
A dragon lives inside the cavern.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

洞 dòng · cave · 9 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7
  8. 8
  9. 9

穴 xué · cave · 5 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5

Related words

Words that share a character with 洞穴.

漏洞lòudòngleak; hole
穴位xuéwèiacupuncture point; location of a grave
黑洞hēidòng(astronomy) black hole
山洞shāndòngcavern; cave
巢穴cháoxuélair; nest
墓穴mùxuétomb; grave
空洞kōngdòngcavity; empty
洞察力dòngchálìinsight
防空洞fángkōngdòngair raid shelter; bomb shelter; (fig.) place that protects bad people; hideout
洞口Dòngkǒucave mouth; tunnel entrance
洞房dòngfángsecret inner room; bridal room
穴居人xuéjūréncave man

Questions about 洞穴

What does 洞穴 mean?

洞穴 (dòngxué) means "cave; cavern".

How do you write 洞穴?

洞穴 is made of 2 characters: 洞 (9 strokes), 穴 (5 strokes). That is 14 strokes in total.