(dì fāng) - place, location, area in Mandarin
dìfāngTraditional: 地方
HSK 2
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Translation
place, location, area
Word origin
The word 地方 combines 地 'earth, ground' with 方 'square, direction, region', meaning 'place, location'. 地 is 土 (earth) + 也 (phonetic); 方 is often read as a pictograph of a plough or a square boundary.
- Origin
- compound
- Root
- 地 (dì, earth: 土 earth + 也 phonetic) + 方 (fāng, square/region)
Stroke order
地
方
Examples
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This place is beautiful.
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Where are you?
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I have never been to that place.
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This place is really beautiful.
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Let's move to another place to chat.
地方 (dì fāng) means place, location, area. It is used as a noun in everyday Mandarin speech.
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