中国地质调查局

Traditional form:

中國地質調查局

Pinyin (reading):

Zhōngguó Dìzhì Diàochájú

Definitions:

• China Geological Survey (CGS)

Characters:

• 中 - central; center, middle; amidst; to hit (target), to attain; China; Chinese
• 国 - country, nation, state; national
• 地 - earth, ground, soil; land, region; structural particle used before a verb
• 质 - essence, nature; material, substance
• 调 - tune, melody, key; to transfer, to exchange
• 查 - to investigate, to examine, to look into
• 局 - bureau, office; circumstance, game, situation

Traditional characters:

• 中 - central; center, middle; amidst; to hit (target), to attain; China; Chinese
• 國 - country, nation, state; national
• 地 - earth, ground, soil; land, region; structural particle used before a verb
• 質 - essence, nature; material, substance
• 調 - tune, melody, key; to transfer, to exchange
• 查 - to investigate, to examine, to look into
• 局 - bureau, office; circumstance, game, situation