环太平洋地震带

Traditional form:

環太平洋地震帶

Pinyin (reading):

Huán Tàipíngyáng Dìzhèndài

Definitions:

• Ring of Fire (circum-Pacific seismic belt)

Characters:

• 环 - bracelet, ring; to surround, to loop
• 太 - very, too much; big; extreme
• 平 - flat, level, even; peaceful
• 洋 - sea, ocean; western, foreign
• 地 - earth, ground, soil; land, region; structural particle used before a verb
• 震 - shake, quake, tremor; to excite
• 带 - belt, strap; band, ribbon; area, zone; to carry, to raise, to wear

Traditional characters:

• 環 - bracelet, ring; to surround, to loop
• 太 - very, too much; big; extreme
• 平 - flat, level, even; peaceful
• 洋 - sea, ocean; western, foreign
• 地 - earth, ground, soil; land, region; structural particle used before a verb
• 震 - shake, quake, tremor; to excite
• 帶 - belt, strap; band, ribbon; area, zone; to carry, to raise, to wear