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内地

nèi dì

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 內地

内地 (Nèi dì) means "mainland China (PRC excluding Hong Kong and Macau, but including islands such as Hainan); Japan (used in Taiwan during J". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 内地 means

1. inland
2. interior
3. hinterland

Other readings

内地 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• Nèi dìmainland China (PRC excluding Hong Kong and Macau, but including islands such as Hainan);

The characters in 内地

• 内nèiinside; inner; internal
• 地dìearth; ground; field

Example sentences

• 明天我要从香港去趟内地。
  Míngtiān wǒ yào cóng Xiānggǎng qù tàng nèidì.
  Tomorrow, I am coming back from Hong Kong to the mainland.

Sounds the same

Read nèi dì, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 内弟wife's younger brother

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• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read nèi dì correctly.
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