| 美国地质调查局 |
Měi guó Dì zhì Diào chá jú |
United States Geological Survey (USGS) |
| 美 |
Měi |
(bound form) the Americas (abbr. for 美洲) / (bound form) USA (abbr. for 美国) |
| 美 |
měi |
beautiful / very satisfactory; good / to beautify / to be pleased with oneself |
| 美国 |
Měi guó |
United States; USA; US |
| 国 |
Guó |
surname Guo |
| 国 |
guó |
country; nation; state / (bound form) national |
| 地 |
de |
-ly / structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct |
| 地 |
dì |
earth / ground / field / place / land / CL:片 |
| 地质 |
dì zhì |
geology |
| 质 |
zhì |
character / nature / quality / plain / to pawn / pledge / hostage / to question / Taiwan pr. [zhi2] |
| 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 |
| 调 |
tiáo |
to harmonize / to reconcile / to blend / to suit well / to adjust / to regulate / to season (food) / to provoke / to incite |
| 调查 |
diào chá |
investigation / inquiry / to investigate / to survey / survey / (opinion) poll / CL:项,个 |
| 查 |
Zhā |
surname Zha |
| 查 |
chá |
to research / to check / to investigate / to examine / to refer to / to look up (e.g. a word in a dictionary) |
| 查 |
zhā |
variant of 楂 |
| 局 |
jú |
narrow |
| 局 |
jú |
office / situation / classifier for games: match, set, round etc |
| 局 |
jú |
cramped; narrow |