地 (dì) — (noun) ground, land, floor (as a surface)
Definition
地 (dì) means the ground, land, or floor as a surface — outdoors, it is the earth or fields; indoors, it is the floor you walk on. Compare 土地 (territory, soil) and 地面 (the visible surface, indoors or out).
noun
groundlandfloor (as a surface)
Measure word · 片
Easily confused
- 塌tālook-aliketo collapse (of structures, etc.)
- 第dìsound-alike(prefix) used before a number to form ordinal numbers (first, second, third, etc.)
- 场chǎnglook-alike(classifier) used for performances, sports matches, and other public events
- 递dìsound-aliketo hand over, to pass (something to someone), to deliver
- 他tālook-alikehe; him
- 池chílook-alikepool, pond
Examples
- 地，。dì Hěn zāng, xū yào dǎ sǎo.The floor is dirty and needs to be cleaned.
- 地。Nóng mín zài dì lǐ zhǒng le hěn duō cài.Farmers grow many vegetables in the fields.
- ，。Xiǎo xīn dì shàng yǒu shuǐ, bié huá dǎo le.Careful, there is water on the ground, don't slip.
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