de

earth; soil, ground; region

DEFINITIONS

地 de
  • -ly
  • structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct
地 dì
  • earth
  • ground
  • field
  • place
  • land
  • CL:片[pian4]

STROKES

WORDS

zhì dì texture; background (texture); grain; quality; character; disposition
用武之 yòng wǔ zhī dì ample scope for abilities; favorable position for the use of one's skills (idiom)
yì dì different place; abroad
人间狱 rén jiān dì yù hell on earth (idiom); suffering the torments of Buddhist hell while still alive; fig. having an uncomfortable time
惊天动 jīng tiān dòng dì world-shaking (idiom)
堡 dì bǎo bunker (underground fortification)
居住 jū zhù dì current address; place of residence
zhù dì station; encampment
měng de suddenly
yě dì wilderness
洞 dì dòng tunnel; cave; burrow; dugout
契 dì qì deed (for land); CL:張|张[zhang1],份[fen4]
处 dì chǔ to be located at; to be situated in
头 dì tóu place; locality; edge of a field; lower margin of a page
不毛之 bù máo zhī dì barren land; desert
球仪 dì qiú yí globe
聚居 jù jū dì inhabited land; habitat
xià dì to go down to the fields; to get up from bed; to leave one's sickbed; to be born
冰天雪 bīng tiān xuě dì a world of ice and snow
绿 lǜ dì green area (e.g. urban park or garden)
zhù dì living area; residential area
方官 dì fāng guān local official
痞 dì pǐ bully; local ruffian
五体投 wǔ tǐ tóu dì to prostrate oneself in admiration (idiom); to adulate sb
幔 dì màn (geology) (the earth's) mantle