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地 de

(adverbial particle, -ly); ground

Strokes
6
Level
HSK 3
Radical
土
Type
Picto-phonetic
Made of 土也 ⿰土也

Memory hint: earth

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Example sentences with 地

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  1. 这个地方很安静。
    Zhège dìfang hěn ānjìng.
    This place is very quiet.
    this (measure) place very quiet
  2. 你会坐地铁去吗？
    Nǐ huì zuò dìtiě qù ma?
    Will you take the subway there?
    you will sit subway go (question)
  3. 我们看看地图再走吧。
    Wǒmen kànkan dìtú zài zǒu ba.
    Let's look at the map before we go.
    we look-a-bit map then go (suggestion)
  4. 这里不是他出生的地方。
    Zhèlǐ bú shì tā chūshēng de dìfang.
    This isn't the place where he was born.
    here not is he born (particle) place
  5. 下班后，他慢慢地走回家。
    Xiàbān hòu, tā mànmàn de zǒu huí jiā.
    After work, he slowly walked home.
    get-off-work after, he slow (particle) walk return home

Words with 地 (32)