Chinese dictionary
- 1
n.the earth
地底下存在着大量能量。
There's a lot of energy below the Earth's surface.
地质灾害的勘测很重要。
The survey of geological hazards is very important.
上有天,下有地。
There is heaven above and earth below.
- 2
n.land; soil
这里的地势很复杂。
The terrain here is very complex.
这个村庄地处低地。
The village is located in a lowland.
房子的后面是一片林地。
Behind the house is a woodland.
- 3
n.floor; ground
孩子已经能帮妈妈扫地了。
The child can already help his mother sweep the floor.
他不慎跌倒在地。
He accidentally fell to the ground.
孩子们纷纷席地而坐。
The children sat on the ground one after another.
- 4
n.site; location; spot
我们选了一大片平坦的地搭帐篷。
We chose a large, level site for our tent.
场地
location
看起来这儿是个野餐的好地。
This looks like a nice spot for a picnic.
- 5
n.field; farmland
地里种着玉米。
The field is planted with corn.
他们家被分了两亩地。
Their family was divided into two acres of land.
地很肥。
The farmland is very fertile.
synonym
- 6
n.place; locality; area; district
他从来没去过内地。
He has never been to the mainland.
我是本地人。
I'm a native of this place.
我们学校有来自世界各地留学生。
Our school has foreign students from all over the world.
- 7
n.position; condition
境地
situation
地步
condition
他会设身处地为他人着想。
He will put himself in the shoes of others.
- 8
n.distance
三里地
journey of three li
学校离村子有一里地。
The school is one li away from the village.
- 9
n.background; ground; base of a pattern or characters
白地红花的大碗
big white bowl with red patterns
Words and phrases with 地
- 地质[word]geology
- 地下室[word]basement
- 地学[word]geoscience
- 地球人[word]Terran
- 地貌[word]topography
- 地区经济[word]regional economy
- 地中海[word]the Mediterranean
- 地板[word]floor; floor
- 地处[word]be located in
- 地灵人杰[idiom]a place propitious for giving birth to great men
- 地动山摇[idiom]the earth shakes and mountains move
- 地大物博[idiom]vast land/territory and abundant/rich natural resources
- 地下工作[idiom]underground activities
- 地老天荒[idiom]till the end of the world
- 地久天长[idiom]everlasting and unchanging
- 地尽其利[idiom]put the land to its best use
- 地主之谊[idiom]the friendship or hospitality of a host
- 地广人稀[idiom]vast but thinly populated area
Word usage
- common measure word"地" is often matched with measure word "块"or"片"or"亩".
一块地
a plot of land
一片地
one piece of land
一亩地
one mu of land