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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
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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *地* | 地* | *地
earth / ground / field / place / land / CL:
HSK 1
place / site / location / venue / CL: 個|个
HSK 1
on the ground / on the floor
HSK 1
area / place / space / room / territory / CL: 處|处, 個|个, 塊|块
HSK 1
underground railway; subway / subway train
HSK 2
the earth
HSK 2
subway station
HSK 2
region; area (informal or geographical term) / prefecture (in China's administrative system)
HSK 3
address / CL: 個|个
HSK 4
position / status / place / CL: 個|个
HSK 4
underground / subterranean / covert
HSK 4
region / regional (away from the central administration) / local
HSK 4
floor / ground / surface
HSK 4
zone / CL: 個|个
HSK 5
earthquake
HSK 5
topography / terrain / landform
HSK 5
place name / toponym
HSK 6
basement / cellar
HSK 6
floor
HSK 6
carpet / rug
HSK 7-9
geography
HSK 7-9
geology
HSK 7-9
tunnel / causeway
HSK 7-9
authentic / genuine / proper
HSK 7-9
area / district / region
HSK 7-9
groundwater
HSK 7-9
stage; degree (to which a situation has evolved) / a (usu. bad) situation / leeway
HSK 7-9
section / district
HSK 7-9
hell / infernal / underworld / (Buddhism) Naraka
HSK 7-9
Mediterranean Sea
(coll.) bald crown; male pattern baldness
dish consisting of stir-fried potato, eggplant and green pepper
geography
cage-like fish trap
collection of maps / atlas
geothermal electric power station
landslide
Earthly Sovereign, one of the three legendary sovereigns 三皇
ground control (of airborne or space operation)
real estate; landed estate; landed property
trench, rift valley
earth's gravity
(geology) (the earth's) mantle
domain / territory under one's control / foundation of a building / base of operations / crust of earth
Kṣitigarbha Bodhisattva, the Bodhisattva of the Great Vow (to save all souls before accepting Bodhi) / also translated Earth Treasury, Earth Womb, or Earth Store Bodhisattva
(administrative) prefecture-level
parcel of land / (geology) massif
surface water
landmark
fertility; productivity (of soil or land)
lot / section of land / ground
underground palace (as part of imperial tomb)
prison / dungeon
landlord / landowner / host
(Tw) (coll.) earthquake (According to a folk tale, earthquakes are caused by the occasional movements of an ox that lives under the earth.)
surface water
local tax (abbr. for 地方稅|地方税) / land tax (abbr. for 土地稅|土地税)
sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas) / yam bean (Pachyrhizus erosus) / (TCM) digua fig (Ficus tikoua Bur.)
cadaster
gnome / goblin
Chinese foxglove (Rehmannia glutinosa), its rhizome used in TCM
favorable location / in the right place / productivity of land
hell / the nether world / Hades
land price
Temple of Earth (in Beijing)
(geology) landform; geomorphology
the 12 earthly branches , , , , , , , , , , , , used cyclically in the calendar and as ordinal numbers I, II etc
ground service (airport)
roadside stall
place / locality / edge of a field / lower margin of a page
the Earth's crust
cellar / basement
stratum (geology)
drain / underground drainpipe / floor gutter / 25th of 2nd lunar month
tunnel; cave; burrow; dugout
foundations (of a building) / base
land rent / land tax
(page) footer / (dialect) foundation (of a building) / base
geographical position according to the principles of feng shui 風水|风水 / ley lines
earth spirit
terrain / topography relief
earthquake (old term)
core of the earth (geology)
geothermal heat
district prosecutor's office
dexamethasone
favorable geographical and social conditions (idiom); good location and the people satisfied
ten-pin bowling / bowling ball / (baseball etc) ground ball
enduring while the world lasts (idiom, from Laozi); eternal / for ever and ever (of friendship, hate etc) / also written 天長地久|天长地久
pit / burrow / crypt
lichen
Tirana, capital of Albania
geographic situation / geo-(politics etc)
underground bank / illegal private bank / loan shark
bully / local ruffian
the world's first seismograph invented by Zhang Heng 張衡|张衡 in 132 / abbr. for 候風地動儀|候风地动仪
vast, but sparsely populated

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