高地 (gāo dì) — high ground, upland | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

high groundupland

Measure word · 块

Examples

高地。
Zhè piàn gāo dì shì hé zhòng zhí chá yè.
This highland area is suitable for growing tea.
高地。
Jūn duì zhàn lǐng le nà zuò gāo dì.
The army captured that high ground.
高地，。
Wǒ men pá dào gāo dì shàng, fēng jǐng hěn měi.
We climbed to the high ground, and the scenery was beautiful.

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.

地dìground

高 names high and 地 names ground, giving high ground.

Characters in this word

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

高 was drawn as a tall building.

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.

Appears in

Geography & Landforms

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