粵

凍dung3土tou2

simp冻土
dung3 tou2dòng tǔ

English

  1. frozen earth
  2. permafrost
  3. tundra
  4. gelisol; frost soil

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 凍結嘅土壤

Examples

  • 地球表面的五分之一被冻土覆盖了。

    One fifth of the earth's surface is covered by permafrost.

    Tatoeba · fucongcong CC BY

  • 近年全球暖化,導致凍土開始融化,釋放古老細菌及病毒。

    Global warming in recent years causes the melting of frost soil and thus the release of ancient germs and viruses.

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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