地 (dì): meaning and stroke order
地 (dì) means earth, ground, field, place, land, CL:片, -ly.
地
- Simplified
- 地
- Traditional
- 地 (same form)
- Pinyin
- dì · de
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Stroke order of 地
地
- de -ly; structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct
- dì earth; ground
- 6 strokes
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Meaning of 地
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dì
- earth
- ground
- field
- place
- land
- CL:片[pian4]
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de
- -ly
- structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct
Radical and structure
- 地
- Radical 土 (Kangxi radical 32) · 6 strokes · 土 on the left, 也 on the right
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Words with 地
- 大地 dà dì earth; mother earth
- 心地 xīn dì character
- 地面 dì miàn floor; ground
- 地下 dì xià underground; subterranean
- 外地 wài dì parts of the country other than where one is
- 地方 dì fāng region; regional (away from the central administration)
- 土地 tǔ dì land; soil
- 地形 dì xíng topography; terrain
- 当地 dāng dì local
- 地板 dì bǎn floor
- 地带 dì dài zone; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 地位 dì wèi position; status
地 in our stories
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老爷爷不好意思地说：“我的腿不太好，靠窗的座位太难进了。”
lǎoyéye bù hǎoyìsi de shuō wǒ de tuǐ bú tài hǎo kào chuāng de zuòwèi tài nán jìn le
The old man says apologetically, "My leg isn't very good, and the window seat is too hard to get into."
From the story The train to Xi'an HSK 3
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没想到何芳高兴地说：“太好了！我也打鼓，正好可以找个朋友一起练！”
méi xiǎngdào Hé Fāng gāoxìng de shuō tài hǎo le wǒ yě dǎ gǔ zhènghǎo kěyǐ zhǎo gè péngyou yìqǐ liàn
To the landlord's surprise, He Fang says happily, "Great! I play the drums too. Now I'll have someone to practise with!"
From the story The cheap room HSK 3
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她提前半个小时就到了，坐在门口一遍一遍地练习准备好的回答。
tā tíqián bàn gè xiǎoshí jiù dào le zuò zài ménkǒu yí biàn yí biàn de liànxí zhǔnbèi hǎo de huídá
She arrives half an hour early and sits by the door going over her prepared answers again and again.
From the story The honest answer HSK 3
Stories using 地
- The train to Xi'an HSK 3
- The cheap room HSK 3
- The honest answer HSK 3
- The noise upstairs HSK 3
- Chang'e flies to the moon HSK 3
- The qilin HSK 4
Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).