林地 (lín dì) — woodland, forested land

Definition

noun
woodlandforested land
Measure word · 片

Examples

  • 林地。
    Zhè piàn lín dì lǐ yǒu hěn duō zhòng shù.
    There are many kinds of trees in this woodland.
  • 林地。
    Zhèng fǔ jué dìng bǎo hù zhè piàn lín dì.
    The government decided to protect this woodland.
  • 林地，。
    Wǒ men zǒu zài lín dì lǐ, jué de hěn ān jìng.
    We walked in the woodland and found it very quiet.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

林línforest
地dìland

林 means forest and 地 means land, together referring to forested land.

Characters in this word

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

林 is made of two 木 (tree) placed side by side, showing many trees together, hence a forest.

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

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.

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