就地 (jiù dì) — locally; on the spot; in place

Definition

就地 (jiù dì) means 'on the spot / locally' — emphasizes handling or getting something right where you are. Unlike 现场 or 当场, it stresses the location of the action (e.g. 就地解决, 就地取材) rather than a crime or event scene.

adverb

locallyon the spotin place

Examples

就地。
Wèn tí jiù dì jiě jué le.
The problem was solved on the spot.
就地。
Zhè xiē cái liào dōu shì jiù dì cǎi gòu de.
These materials were all purchased locally.
，就地。
Yù dào jǐn jí qíng kuàng, wǒ men yīng gāi jiù dì chǔ lǐ.
When encountering an emergency, we should handle it on the spot.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

An action followed by what it acts on, fused into one word.

就jiùto

地dìplace

就 (to) and 地 (place) mean at that place, on the spot.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

享享xiǎng
京京jīng

An older form paired 享, a temple, with 京, a tower, showing sacrifice at a high place; in 就 the temple part was dropped and a right part for going upward was added.

Open 就 →

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

土也地

Meaning part形符xíngfú

土土tǔearth

Sound part声符shēngfú

也

也yě地dì

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

地 is built from 土 (earth) and 也, which gives its sound.

Open 地 →

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