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地 — -ly

Pinyin
de · dì
Strokes
6
HSK level
HSK 2
Handwriting
required

This character has more than one reading — de, dì — and the pronunciation depends on the word it appears in. The list below gives the syllabus reading for each word.

How to write 地: 6 strokes

Each cell adds one stroke to the previous ones, with the new stroke in red. Stroke order is not decoration: it sets the proportions of the character and makes handwriting legible to a reader. This character is on the HSK handwriting list, so the exam expects you to write it, not only recognise it.

地 — 6 strokes, in writing order from left to right.

Build a printable practice sheet with 地

Words with 地 in the HSK syllabus: 71

Every word in the official 2026 syllabus that contains this character, with the level it is introduced at. Learning a character pays off through these: each one combines with the characters you already know.

  1. 地deearth; ground; field; place; landHSK 2
  2. 地铁dìtiěunderground railway; subway; subway trainHSK 2
  3. 草地cǎodìlawn; meadow; sod; turfHSK 3
  4. 地dìearth; ground; field; place; landHSK 3
  5. 地点dìdiǎnplace; site; location; venueHSK 3
  6. 地方dìfangregion; regional; localHSK 3
  7. 地图dìtúmapHSK 3
  8. 外地wàidìparts of the country other than where one isHSK 3
  9. 地球dìqiúthe earthHSK 4
  10. 地址dìzhǐaddressHSK 4
  11. 各地gèdìin all parts of; various regionsHSK 4
  12. 目的地mùdìdìdestinationHSK 4
  13. 本地běndìlocal; this localityHSK 5
  14. 当地dāngdìlocalHSK 5
  15. 地理dìlǐgeographyHSK 5
  16. 地面dìmiànfloor; ground; surfaceHSK 5
  17. 地区dìqūregion; area; prefectureHSK 5
  18. 地位dìwèiposition; status; placeHSK 5
  19. 地下dìxiàunderground; subterranean; covertHSK 5
  20. 地震dìzhènearthquakeHSK 5
  21. 陆地lùdìdry landHSK 5
  22. 土地tǔdìland; soil; territoryHSK 5
  23. 遍地biàndìeverywhere; all overHSK 6
  24. 产地chǎndìsource; place of origin; manufacturing locationHSK 6
  25. 场地chǎngdìspace; site; place; sports pitchHSK 6
  26. 大地dàdìearth; mother earthHSK 6
  27. 地道dìdaotunnel; causewayHSK 6
  28. 地方dìfāngregion; regional; localHSK 6
  29. 地形dìxíngtopography; terrain; landformHSK 6
  30. 地域dìyùarea; district; regionHSK 6
  31. 地质dìzhìgeologyHSK 6
  32. 工地gōngdìconstruction siteHSK 6
  33. 基地jīdìal-QaedaHSK 6
  34. 空地kòngdìvacant land; open spaceHSK 6
  35. 落地luòdìto fall to the ground; to be set on the ground; to reach to the groundHSK 6
  36. 特地tèdìspecially; for a special purposeHSK 6
  37. 种地zhòngdìto farm; to work the landHSK 6
  38. 暗地里àndìlǐsecretly; inwardly; on the slyHSK 7–9
  39. 冰天雪地bīngtiān-xuědìa world of ice and snowHSK 7–9
  40. 地板dìbǎnfloorHSK 7–9

And 31 more across the higher levels — the full lists are on the level pages.

Glosses come from CC-CEDICT, used under CC BY-SA 4.0, and are the dictionary’s first sense rather than a translation chosen for context.