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地带

dìdài

zone; area

A strip of land between fields
Memory picture

Characters in this word

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

带 dài

Strokes
9
Radical
巾 — cloth, curtain, handkerchief, towel
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts

Example phrases

  • 这里是山区地带。 Zhèlǐ shì shānqū dìdài. This is a mountain area.
  • 海边地带很热。 Hǎibiān dìdài hěn rè. The seaside area is very hot.
  • 这个地带很安静。 Zhège dìdài hěn ānjìng. This area is very quiet.

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