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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
place / site / location / venue / CL: 個|个
HSK 1
region; area (informal or geographical term) / prefecture (in China's administrative system)
HSK 3
address / CL: 個|个
HSK 4
underground railway; subway / subway train
HSK 2
HSK 1
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
floor / ground / surface
HSK 4
place; location; area; space; territory / aspect; part / CL: 處|处
HSK 1
floor
HSK 6
topography / terrain / landform
HSK 5
underfloor heating; radiant floor heating
earthquake
HSK 5
region / regional (away from the central administration) / local
HSK 4
geography
HSK 7-9
place name / toponym
HSK 6
dungeon (in video games or fantasy settings etc)
prefecture-level administrative jurisdiction (including prefecture-level cities, autonomous prefectures, prefectures and leagues)
prefecture level (the administrative tier below the provincial level, including prefecture-level cities, autonomous prefectures, prefectures and leagues)
basement / cellar
HSK 6
(astronomy) geostationary orbit
(coll.) transgressive humor that treats tragedy, suffering, or other morally sensitive topics as jokes (implying that laughing would send one to hell)
(botany) underground stem
Earth's magnetic field; geomagnetism
to grow in open ground (as opposed to pot cultivation 盆栽)
zone / CL: 個|个
HSK 5
geomagnetic storm
floor price; rock-bottom price
(astronomy) geosynchronous satellite
parcel of land / (geology) massif
tunnel / causeway
HSK 7-9
authentic / genuine / proper
HSK 7-9
groundwater
HSK 7-9
murine typhus fever
tunnel; cave; burrow; dugout
county court / district court
carpet / rug
HSK 7-9
earthquake (old term)
(astronomy) geostationary satellite
section / district
HSK 7-9
(astronomy) geosynchronous orbit
real estate; landed estate; landed property
(bird species of China) Malayan night heron (Gorsachius melanolophus)
thoroughgoing / authentic / 100% / to the core
hell; underworld; (Buddhism) Naraka / (coll.) (of humor, jokes, content etc) extremely dark or morally transgressive
HSK 7-9
earth's gravity
geophysics
geology
HSK 7-9
landlord / landowner / host
sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas) / yam bean (Pachyrhizus erosus) / (TCM) digua fig (Ficus tikoua Bur.)
roadside stall
geocentric theory
prison / dungeon
area / district / region
HSK 7-9
floor tile
earthquake intensity (measure of its destructive power)
(geology) landform; geomorphology
underground shopping arcade; underground mall
local or regional confrontation
seismic zone / earthquake belt
geopolitics / geopolitical
ground-to-air missile
land mine (CL:顆|颗) / (fig.) sore point; weak spot
seismic zone / earthquake belt
underground passage; underpass
foundations (of a building) / base
to be located at / to be situated in
local official
subterranean / underground
terrain / topography relief
(geology) (the earth's) mantle
geographer
land-owning household
domain / territory under one's control / foundation of a building / base of operations / crust of earth
vast territory with abundant resources (idiom)
the Earth's crust
(geotectonics) crustal movement; diastrophism
earth's magnetic field
gnome / goblin
the surface (of the earth)
geographic situation / geo-(politics etc)
horizon
on-the-ground promotion (abbr. for 地面推廣|地面推广)
gravitation
Kṣitigarbha, the Bodhisattva of the Great Vow (to save all souls before accepting Bodhi) / also translated Earth Treasury, Earth Womb, or Earth Store Bodhisattva
the earth's magnetic field
favorable geographical and social conditions (idiom); good location and the people satisfied
geothermal electric power station
subway
stage; degree (to which a situation has evolved) / a (usu. bad) situation / leeway
HSK 7-9
floor / platform
vast, but sparsely populated
the earth quaked, the mountains shook (idiom); a tremendous battle
landmark

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