地 de
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 土 — soil, earth
- Made of
- 土 soil, earth 也 also, too
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
地
de
particle linking an adverbial to a verb (-ly)
Character
Example phrases
- 他很快地跑了。 Tā hěn kuài de pǎo le. He ran off quickly.
- 她高兴地说。 Tā gāoxìng de shuō. She said happily.
- 我们慢慢地吃。 Wǒmen mànmàn de chī. We eat slowly.
Related words
- 地 dì ground, earth; place
- 地点 dìdiǎn place, location
- 地方 dìfang place
- 地上 dìshang on the ground, on the floor
- 地图 dìtú map
- 着 zhe particle for an ongoing action or state (-ing)
- 的 de possessive particle ('s, of)
- 子 zi noun suffix
- 了 le particle for a completed action or a change
- 都 dōu all, both
- 呢 ne particle for questions (what about…?) and ongoing actions
- 也 yě also, too