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美国地质调查局

Měi guó Dì zhì Diào chá júdictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
United States Geological Survey (USGS)
Sources & editorial notes

Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

Source record: cd-ad81b9740538456c. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

美國地質調查局 美国地质调查局 [Mei3 guo2 Di4 zhi4 Diao4 cha2 ju2] /United States Geological Survey (USGS)/

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Reference information

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Character information

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Other forms in these source records: 美國地質調查局

  • 美
    měi

    beautiful / very satisfactory / good / to beautify / to be pleased with oneself

    Měi

    (bound form) the Americas (abbr. for 美洲[Měi zhōu]) / (bound form) USA (abbr. for 美國|美国[Měi guó])

  • 国
    guó

    country / nation / state / (bound form) national

    Guó

    surname Guo

  • 地
    de

    -ly / structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct

    dì

    earth / ground / field / place / land / CL:片[piàn]

  • 质
    zhì

    character / nature / quality / plain / to pawn / pledge / hostage / to question / Taiwan pr. [zhí]

  • 调
    diào

    to transfer / to move (troops or cadres) / to investigate / to enquire into / accent / view / argument / key (in music) / mode (music) / tune / tone / melody

    tiáo

    to harmonize / to reconcile / to blend / to suit well / to adjust / to regulate / to season (food) / to provoke / to incite

  • 查
    chá

    to research / to check / to investigate / to examine / to refer to / to look up (e.g. a word in a dictionary)

    zhā

    See the full entry for source details.

    Zhā

    surname Zha

  • 局
    jú

    narrow / office / situation / classifier for games: match, set, round etc / cramped / narrow

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.