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地

(particle) -ly, links an adverbial to a verb

HSK 2.0 · 3 HSK 3.0 · 1
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Words with 地

地方 dì fāng region; regional (away from the central administration) HSK 1
地点 dì diǎn place; site HSK 1
地上 dì shang on the ground; on the floor HSK 1
地图 dì tú map HSK 1
地球 dì qiú the earth HSK 2
地铁 dì tiě underground railway; subway; subway train HSK 2
外地 wài dì parts of the country other than where one is HSK 2
草地 cǎo dì lawn; meadow HSK 2
地铁站 dì tiě zhàn subway station HSK 2
地区 dì qū local; regional HSK 3
当地 dāng dì local HSK 3
各地 gè dì in all parts of (a country); various regions HSK 3

Examples from your lessons

  • 地上有一个包,是谁的? There's a bag on the floor. Whose is it? Lesson 112
  • 北京有很多有名的地方。 Beijing has lots of famous places. Lesson 120
  • 中国。我去了北京,看了很多有名的地方。 China. I went to Beijing and saw lots of famous places. Lesson 120
  • 我觉得我的房间是家里最好的地方。 I think my room is the best place in the house. 我的房间
  • 我出去找,第一个地方是门外。 I went out to look; the first place was outside the door. 找猫
  • 它看了看我,慢慢地走进来了。 It looked at me and slowly walked in. 找猫

Character facts

Radical
土 soil, earth; items made of earth
Parts
土 + 也
Structure
Left–right
Unicode
U+5730

Pictophonetic: earth