地址 (dì zhǐ) — address | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

A physical street address (where someone lives or a place is). For a web address/URL use 网址; 住址 is a more formal synonym for a residence address.

noun

address

Measure word · 个

地址。
Qǐng bǎ nǐ de dì zhǐ gěi wǒ.
Please give me your address.
地址，。
Zhè ge dì zhǐ shì jiù de, wǒ bān le jiā.
This address is old; I moved house.
地址。
Wǒ zhǎo bú dào nà ge dì zhǐ.
I can't find that address.

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

联合liánhéCoordinate

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

'地' place, '址' site; together they mark where something is.

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.

土也地

Meaning part形符xíngfú

土土tǔearth

Sound part声符shēngfú

也

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.

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

土止址

Meaning part形符xíngfú

土土tǔearth

Sound part声符shēngfú

止

Same sound today

址 pairs 土 (earth) with 止, which gives the sound. The 土 part points to ground or foundation.

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