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dì

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What 地 means

1. earth
2. ground
3. field
4. place
5. land

Other readings

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

• de-ly; structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifyi

Example sentences

• 慢慢地
  Mànmàn de
  Slowly.
• 什么地方
  Shénmedìfang
  What place?
• 拼命地跑
  Pīnmìng de pǎo
  Run like your life depends on it.
• 小心地滑
  Xiǎoxīn dìhuá
  Caution: wet floor
• 不咋地。
  It wasn't good.
• 我在耕地。
  Wǒ zài gēngdì.
  I am plowing my land.

Words starting with 地

• 地方dì fāngregion; regional (away from the central administration); local
• 地区dì qūregion; area (informal or geographical term); prefecture…
• 地铁dì tiěunderground railway; subway; subway train
• 地图dì túmap
• 地址dì zhǐaddress
• 地球dì qiúthe earth
• 地上dì shangon the ground; on the floor
• 地位dì wèiposition; status; place
• 地理dì lǐgeography
• 地道dì daoauthentic; genuine; proper
• 地震dì zhènearthquake
• 地毯dì tǎncarpet; rug
• 地步dì bùstage; degree (to which a situation has evolved); a (usu. bad) situation; leeway
• 地质dì zhìgeology
• 地势dì shìterrain; topography relief
• 地点dì diǎnplace; site; location
• 地下dì xiàunderground; subterranean; covert
• 地面dì miànfloor; ground; surface
• 地板dì bǎnfloor
• 地带dì dàizone
• 地狱dì yùhell; underworld; (Buddhism) Naraka; (colloquial) (of humor, jokes, content etc)…
• 地产dì chǎnreal estate; landed estate; landed property
• 地主dì zhǔlandlord; landowner; host
• 地名dì míngplace name; toponym

Words containing 地

• 当地dāng dìlocal
• 土地tǔ dìland; soil; territory
• 陆地lù dìdry land (as opposed to the sea)
• 基地jī dìbase (of operations, industrial, military, research etc)
• 阵地zhèn dì(military) position; front
• 殖民地zhí mín dìcolony
• 耕地gēng dìarable land; to plow land
• 盆地pén dì(geography) basin; depression
• 各地gè dìin all parts of (a country); various regions
• 天地tiān dìheaven and earth; world; scope
• 房地产fáng dì chǎnreal estate
• 外地wài dìparts of the country other than where one is
• 内地nèi dìinland; interior; hinterland
• 大地dà dìearth; mother earth
• 本地běn dìlocal; this locality
• 工地gōng dìconstruction site
• 草地cǎo dìlawn; meadow; sod
• 场地chǎng dìspace; site; place
• 似地shì de(used to form an adverbial phrase X + 似地; Taiwan pr. sì de
• 目的地mù dì dìdestination (location)
• 特地tè dìspecially; for a special purpose
• 此地cǐ dìhere; this place
• 猛地měng desuddenly
• 所在地suǒ zài dìlocation; site

Characters built on 也

These share the phonetic component 也 (yě), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 池chípond; reservoir; moat
• 驰chíto run fast; to speed; to gallop
• 弛chíto unstring a bow; to slacken; to relax
• 酏yíelixirs; sweet wine

Characters that look like 地

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 他tā(third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his…
• 场chǎnglarge place used for a specific purpose; stage; scene (of a play)
• 池chípond; reservoir; moat
• 纯chúnpure; simple; unmixed
• 驰chíto run fast; to speed; to gallop

Sounds the same

Read dì, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 第(prefix indicating ordinal number, as in 第六…
• 弟younger brother; junior male; I (modest word in letter)
• 递to hand over; to pass on; to deliver; (bound form) progressively; in the proper order
• 缔(archaic) to bind up inextricably; (bound form) to form an enduring union…
• 帝(bound form) emperor; sovereign; supreme deity
• 蒂stem (of fruit)
• 谛to examine; truth (Buddhism)
• 娣wife of a younger brother
• 睇(literary) to cast a sidelong glance; (dialect) to see; to look at
• 棣Kerria japonica
• 的(bound form) bull's-eye; target
• 哋(Cant.) plural for pronouns