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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *地* | 地* | *地
-ly / structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct
HSK 1
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *地* | 地* | *地
earth / ground / field / place / land / CL:
HSK 1
the earth
HSK 2
HSK 1
parts of the country other than where one is
HSK 2
underground railway; subway / subway train
HSK 2
place / site / location / venue / CL: 個|个
HSK 1
address / CL: 個|个
HSK 4
land / soil / territory / CL: , 塊|块
HSK 4
region; area (informal or geographical term) / prefecture (in China's administrative system)
HSK 3
in all parts of (a country) / various regions
HSK 3
subway station
HSK 2
position / status / place / CL: 個|个
HSK 4
underground / subterranean / covert
HSK 4
on the ground / on the floor
HSK 1
local
HSK 3
specially / for a special purpose
HSK 6
floor / ground / surface
HSK 4
place; location; area; space; territory / aspect; part / CL: 處|处
HSK 1
floor
HSK 6
inland / interior / hinterland
HSK 6
topography / terrain / landform
HSK 5
lawn / meadow / sod / turf / CL:
HSK 2
prefecture level (the administrative tier below the provincial level, including prefecture-level cities, autonomous prefectures, prefectures and leagues)
underfloor heating; radiant floor heating
base (of operations, industrial, military, research etc)
HSK 5
(idiom) (of a building etc) to rise out of the ground
zone / CL: 個|个
HSK 5
hideaway; private or insider-only place
local / this locality
HSK 6
concrete-paved surface; concrete floor
earthquake
HSK 5
region / regional (away from the central administration) / local
HSK 4
geography
HSK 7-9
geology
HSK 7-9
dry land (as opposed to the sea)
HSK 4
place name / toponym
HSK 6
dungeon (in video games or fantasy settings etc)
(in) the original place / the place where one currently is / place of origin / local (product)
HSK 7-9
prefecture-level administrative jurisdiction (including prefecture-level cities, autonomous prefectures, prefectures and leagues)
Whac-A-Mole (game)
complete mess; in a shambles
(astronomy) geostationary orbit
basement / cellar
HSK 6
place of origin / birthplace / source
HSK 7-9
(botany) underground stem
everywhere / all over
HSK 6
(idiom) farms and fields; the grassroots level of agricultural work
(coll.) transgressive humor that treats tragedy, suffering, or other morally sensitive topics as jokes (implying that laughing would send one to hell)
land reform
floor price; rock-bottom price
to take up space / to occupy (space)
Earth's magnetic field; geomagnetism
real estate
HSK 7-9
locally / on the spot
HSK 7-9
to grow in open ground (as opposed to pot cultivation 盆栽)
(astronomy) geosynchronous orbit
geomagnetic storm
space / site / place / sports pitch
HSK 6
enduring while the world lasts (idiom) / eternal
HSK 7-9
source (of a product) / place of origin / manufacturing location
HSK 7-9
(literary) to spread a mat on the ground; (by extension) to be on the ground or floor (as in 席地靜坐|席地静坐 to meditate seated on the floor)
lit. heaven's law and earth's principle (idiom); fig. right and proper / right and unalterable / a matter of course
HSK 7-9
earth / mother earth
HSK 7-9
local god / genius loci
habitat
topographic map
seismic zone / earthquake belt
tunnel / causeway
HSK 7-9
authentic / genuine / proper
HSK 7-9
groundwater
HSK 7-9
vacant land / open space
HSK 7-9
(acknowledged) place / a role to play / niche
Freddie Mac, US mortgage company / formerly Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.
bargaining position
tunnel; cave; burrow; dugout
a piece of land of 1.3 mu 畝|亩 / (fig.) one's turf
(idiom) barren land; desert
original source / place of origin / provenance
county court / district court
carpet / rug
HSK 7-9
to maintain the land (with rotation of crops or fertilizer)
garden area
HSK 6
secretly / in private / behind someone's back
prefecture-level city
enclave; exclave (territory belonging to one jurisdiction but entirely surrounded by another)
ground floor / first floor
(idiom) world-shaking
HSK 7-9
Ground Zero
place / space
(astronomy) geosynchronous satellite
section / district
HSK 7-9
China Earthquake Administration (CEA) / State Seismological Bureau
Hindi (language)
mountain bike
Hong Kong and Macao area
secretly; inwardly; on the sly
HSK 7-9
to fall to the ground
dou dizhu ("fight the landlord") (card game)

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