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地方 (dì fang): Place (Noun) — Meaning & Stroke Order

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地 • dì • earth; ground; place; land • HSK 2.0 L3
HSK 3
dì地

earth; ground; place; land

方 • fāng • square; direction; side; method • HSK 2.0 L5
HSK 5
fāng方

square; direction; side; method

Word Info

Pinyindì fang
Meaningplace
Characters2
SyntaxNoun

HSK 3 Words

More vocabulary at the same HSK level as 地方.

  • 帽子mào zihat
  • 或者huò zhěperhaps
  • 结束jié shùfinish
  • 发现fā xiàndiscover
  • 空调kōng tiáoair-conditioning
  • 重要zhòng yàoimportant
  • 只有...才...zhǐ yǒu... cái...only if…then...
  • 干净gān jìngclean
  • 洗澡xǐ zǎohave a shower; bath
  • 聊天liáo tiānto chat
  • 马上mǎ shàngimmediately
  • 文化wén huàculture
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Words Sharing Characters

More common words that include characters from 地方.

Words with 地
  • 地图dì túmap
  • 地铁dì tiěunderground train; tube; metro
  • 外地wài dìparts of the country other than where one is
  • 草地
cǎo dì
lawn
  • 各地gè dìin all parts of (a country)
  • 地址dì zhǐaddress
  • 地点dì diǎnlocation
  • 地球dì qiúearth
    • Words with 方
    • 东方dōng fāngDongfang; a compound Chinese surname; the East
    • 北方běi fāngthe north
    • 南方nán fāngsouth
    • 方便fāng biànconvenient
    • 西方xī fāngthe West
    • 方便面fāng biàn miàninstant noodles
    • 前方qián fāngahead
    • 方向fāng xiàngdirection
    4.

    Readings & Senses

    dì fang(di fang)
    1. [noun]place[HSK3][HSK 3.0 · L3]
    dì fāng(di fang)
    1. [noun]place; region; local area[HSK 3.0 · L6]
    5.

    How to Use 地方 in Sentences

    Subject + Predicatewith很大
    dì地
    fang方
    hěn很
    dà大
    neutral
    place is very big
    Verb + Objectwith去
    qù去
    dì地
    fang方
    neutral
    Adjective + Nounwith好
    hǎo好
    dì地
    fang方
    neutral
    Measure Word + Nounwith个
    yī一
    gè个
    dì地
    fang方
    6.

    Example Sentences with 地方

    zhè这
    ge个
    dì地
    fāng方
    hěn很
    piào漂
    go to a place
    good place
    neutral
    a place
    liang亮
    。
    This place is very beautiful.
    zhè这
    ge个
    dì地
    fang方
    hěn很
    ān安
    jìng静
    ，
    shì适
    hé合
    kàn看
    shū书
    。
    This place is very quiet and suitable for reading.
    zhè这
    ge个
    dì地
    fāng方
    de的
    fēng风
    jǐng景
    fēi非
    cháng常
    měi美
    lì丽
    。
    The scenery of this place is very beautiful.
    zhè这
    ge个
    dì地
    fāng方
    de的
    jiāo交
    tōng通
    zhuàng状
    kuàng况
    ，
    shí实
    zài在
    lìng令
    rén人
    tóu头
    téng疼
    。
    The traffic situation in this place is really a headache.
    wǒ我
    xiǎng想
    zhǎo找
    yí一
    gè个
    ān安
    jìng静
    de的
    dì地
    fāng方
    kàn看
    shū书
    。
    I want to find a quiet place to read.