(dì) - (ordinal prefix: first, second...) in Mandarin
dìTraditional: 地
Translation
(ordinal prefix: first, second...)
Word origin
地 is a phono-semantic compound: 土 (earth) is the meaning radical and 也 (yě) supplies the sound. Its core meaning is 'earth, ground, place'; it also serves as the adverbial particle 'de'.
- Origin
- phono-semantic compound
- Root
- 土 (tǔ, earth radical) + 也 (yě, phonetic)
Stroke order
地
Examples
。
First place.
。
The second day.
。
He was the first to arrive.
。
The child ran out of the door happily.
课。
He listened to the teacher attentively.
地 (dì) means (ordinal prefix: first, second...). It is used as a particle in everyday Mandarin speech.
Appears in 9 words
Multi-character compounds in the corpus that contain 地.
Used in
Grammar articles
(5)Mandarin Complements: 得 for Manner, Directional Endings, and How to Attach a Result to a Verb
Concession in Mandarin: 虽然...还是/但是, 不过, and 还是 (Although, Even So, Nonetheless)
Mandarin Relative Clauses with 的 (de): How the Modifier Goes Before the Noun
The Mandarin 是…的 (shì...de) Construction: Highlighting When, Where, and How Something Happened
The Three de in Mandarin: 的, 得, and 地 and How to Tell Them Apart
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