地 (dì): earth, ground
地 (dì) is a Chinese character meaning “earth, ground.” Classified as HSK Level 2 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 土 (semantic) and 也 (phonetic). It ranks #21 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 地 earth. Its radical form 土 (earth) appears in many related characters such as 在 (zài, to exist), 场 (chǎng, field, place), 坏 (huài, bad, broken).
Definitions
- earth, ground
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 地
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning | HSK |
|---|---|---|---|
| 地方noun | dì fāng | region | 3 |
| 地球noun | dì qiú | the earth | 4 |
| 地址noun | dì zhǐ | address | 4 |
| 地点noun | dì diǎn | place | 3 |
| 地区noun | dì qū | region | 5 |
| 地图noun | dì tú | map | 3 |
| 基地noun | jī dì | base (of operations, industrial, military, research etc) | 6 |
| 土地noun | tǔ dì | land | 5 |
| 当地noun | dāng dì | local | 5 |
| 地下noun/adjective | dì xià | underground | 5 |
| 本地noun | běn dì | local | 5 |
| 地铁noun | dì tiě | underground railway | 2 |
| 地面noun | dì miàn | floor | 5 |
| 地震verb | dì zhèn | earthquake | 5 |
| 地位noun | dì wèi | position | 5 |
| 各地noun | gè dì | in all parts of (a country) | 4 |
| 目的地noun | mù dì dì | destination (location) | 4 |
| 场地noun | chǎng dì | space | 6 |
| 大地noun | dà dì | earth | 6 |
| 地道adjective | dì dào | tunnel | 6 |
| 工地noun | gōng dì | construction site | 6 |
| 草地noun | cǎo dì | lawn | 3 |
| 特地adverb | tè dì | specially | 6 |
| 地理noun | dì lǐ | geography | 5 |
| 空地noun | kōng dì | air-to-surface (missile) | 6 |
| 陆地noun | lù dì | dry land (as opposed to the sea) | 5 |
| 落地verb | luò dì | to fall to the ground | 6 |
| 地形noun | dì xíng | topography | 6 |
| 外地noun | wài dì | parts of the country other than where one is | 3 |
| 地域noun | dì yù | area | 6 |
| 地质noun | dì zhì | geology | 6 |
| 遍地verb/adverb | biàn dì | everywhere | 6 |
| 种地verb | zhòng dì | to farm | 6 |
| 产地noun | chǎn dì | source (of a product) | 6 |
地 appears in 133 compound words: 37 as the first character, 54 as the last, and 9 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 地 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (102)
Showing 12 of 102 idioms containing 地.
Example Sentences
地震发生后，当地政府立即启动了应急预案。
Dìzhèn fāshēng hòu, dāngdì zhèngfǔ lìjí qǐdòng le yìngjí yù'àn.
After the earthquake, the local government immediately activated the emergency plan.
联合国:收到伊朗来信 对地区紧张局势深表关切
lián gě guó : shōu dào yī lǎng lái xìn duì dì qū jǐn zhāng jú shì shēn biǎo guān qiē
United Nations: Received a letter from Iran expressing deep concern about regional tensions
超标近2000倍 日本石川县一处地下水检出高浓度有..
chāo biāo jìn bèi rì běn shí chuān xiàn yī chǔ dì xià shuǐ jiǎn chū gāo nóng dù yǒu . .
Nearly 2,000 times the limit, a groundwater in Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan, was found to have high concentrations of...
忻州市房地产市场多项指标居全省首位
忻 zhōu shì fáng dì chǎn shì chǎng duō xiàng zhǐ biāo jū quán shěng shǒu wèi
Xinzhou real estate market tops the province in a number of indicators
...与沈腾马丽同框的机器人 在全国100多个地方..
. . . yú 沈 téng mǎ lí tóng kuàng de jī qì rén zài quán guó duō gě dì fāng . .
... The robot that shares a frame with Shen Teng and Ma Li is in more than 100 places across the country...
点亮中国红!英国地标伦敦眼披上中国春节装扮
diǎn liàng zhōng guó hóng ! yīng guó dì biāo lún dūn yǎn pī shǎng zhōng guó chūn jié zhuāng bàn
Light Up China Red! London Eye Dons Chinese New Year Decorations
您能把地图传真给我吗？
Nín néng bǎ dìtú chuánzhēn gěi wǒ ma?
Could you send me a map by facsimile?
他从什么地方来的？
Tā cóng shénmedìfang lái de?
Where does he come from?
对了，可以把你的地址告诉我吗？
Duìle, kěyǐ bǎ nǐ de dìzhǐ gàosu wǒ ma?
By the way, what is your address?
请问这儿是什么地方？
Qǐngwèn zhèr shì shénmedìfang?
Pardon me, what place is this?
Character Family
Semantic Family — Characters sharing the 土 (earth) component
Frequently Asked Questions
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