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本地

běn dì

HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word

本地 (běn dì) means "local; this locality". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 本地 means

1. local
2. this locality

The characters in 本地

• 本běn(bound form) root; stem; (bound form) origin; source; (bound form) one's own; this
• 地dìearth; ground; field

Example sentences

• 他是本地人。
  Tā shì běndìrén.
  He is a local.

Words starting with 本地

• 本地人běn dì rénnative person (of a country)
• 本地化běn dì huàlocalization; adaptation (to foreign environment)
• 本地管理界面běn dì guǎn lǐ jiè miànLMI; local management interface (telecommunications)

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