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绿地 (lǜ dì) — green space; green area (e.g., park, garden, or urban greenery)

Definition

绿地 refers to planned green areas within a city — parks, lawns, planted zones — not a private yard (院子) or a designed garden (园林). It emphasizes the civic-planning sense of 'green space.'

noun
green spacegreen area (e.g., park, garden, or urban greenery)
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Examples

  • 绿地。
    Zhè ge xiǎo qū guī huà de lǜ dì zhàn zǒng miàn jī de sān fēn zhī yī.
    The green space in this residential area accounts for one-third of the total area.
  • 绿地。
    Chéng shì lǜ dì duì gǎi shàn kōng qì zhì liàng fēi cháng zhòng yào.
    Urban green areas are very important for improving air quality.
  • 绿地。
    Zhèng fǔ jì huà zài hé biān zài jiàn yí piàn lǜ dì.
    The government plans to build another green area along the river.

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.

绿lǜgreen
地dìland

绿 means green and 地 is land, so it names a green piece of land.

Characters in this word

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 綠; 绿 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
糸糸mì
Sound part声符shēngfú
彔
彔lù綠lù
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 綠 uses 糸 to show silk and 彔 for sound; the simplified 绿 is a later abbreviation, so its parts are not the original pieces.

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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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HSK 3.0 Level 7-9City & UrbanEnvironment & Ecology

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