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de Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
de | de5
English translation
-ly
structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct
earth, ground, soil; land, region; structural particle used before a verb
Pīnyīn Pronunciation
dì | di4
English translation
earth
ground
field
place
land
CL: piān [piàn]

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About de

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Number of strokes

6

Traditional form

de

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Structural particle " de " / 结构助词地 Jiégòu zhùcí de

Learning hint

earth

Etymology of de

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

土也

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

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Example sentences using de

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相当 xiāngdāng 克制 kèzhì 自己 zìjǐ ,声张 shēng zhāng de fēn le shǒu .

He was so moderate as to leave her without noise.

tàn le kǒu , zhàn le 起来 qǐlai , 不由自主 bù yóu zì zhǔ de hǎo 裙子 qúnzi ,平头 píng tóu .

She sighed, stood up, automatically adjusted her skirt and smoothed her hair.

chūn huí 大地 dà dì ,万象更新 wàn xiàng gēng xīn .

Spring comes round to the earth again and everything looks fresh and gay.

经常 jīngcháng mèng dào Bié de 地方 dìfāng de 奇观 qí guān Jǐng .

She often dreamed about the wonders of the world beyond.

现在 xiànzài de 地形 dì xíng 起伏 qǐfú 超过 chāoguò 1000 chě shì xiāo shí 作用 zuòyòng 造成 zàochéng de .

The present relief of more than 1000 ft was due to excavation.

Words with de

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
de earth de
地方 dìfāng area地方 dìfāng
地区 dìqū local地區
地址 dìzhǐ address地址 dìzhǐ
当地 dāngdì local當地
土地 tǔdì land土地 tǔdì
地球 dìqiú the earth地球 dìqiú
基地 jīdì al-Qaeda基地 jīdì
地点 dìdiǎn place地點
房地产 fáng dì chǎn real estate房地產
地上 dì shang on the ground地上 dì shang
地狱 dì yù hell地獄
各地 gè dì various regions各地 gè dì
地位 dìwèi position地位 dìwèi
地图 dìtú map地圖
地下 dì xià underground地下 dì xià
地铁 dìtiě subway地鐵
地板 dì bǎn floor地板 dì bǎn
地面 dì miàn floor地面 dì miàn
本地 běn dì local本地 běn dì
地震 dìzhèn earthquake地震 dìzhèn
谢天谢地 xiè tiān xiè dì Thank heavens!謝天謝地
内地 Nèi dì inland內地
地产 dì chǎn estate地產
地下室 dì xià shì basement地下室 dì xià shì

de Decomposition & Compounds

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de Decomposition

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de Compounds

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