地道
dìdao
authentic, genuine
Characters in this word
道 dào
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 辶 — to walk
- Made of
- 辶 to walk 首 chief, head, leader
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 这家小店虽然不起眼，却能做出非常地道的川菜风味。 Zhè jiā xiǎodiàn suīrán bù qǐyǎn, què néng zuò chū fēicháng dìdao de Chuāncài fēngwèi. Although this small shop is unremarkable, it can produce very authentic Sichuan flavours.
- 她的中文说得很地道，一点也不像外国人。 Tā de Zhōngwén shuō de hěn dìdao, yìdiǎn yě bú xiàng wàiguórén. Her Chinese is very idiomatic; she doesn't sound like a foreigner at all.
- 这碗面味道很地道，跟小时候吃的一样。 Zhè wǎn miàn wèidào hěn dìdao, gēn xiǎoshíhou chī de yíyàng. This bowl of noodles tastes truly authentic, just like what I ate as a child.
Related words
- 地 de particle linking an adverbial to a verb (-ly)
- 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
- 草地 cǎodì grassland; lawn
- 地球 dìqiú Earth
- 地铁 dìtiě subway
- 地铁站 dìtiězhàn subway station
- 外地 wàidì another place; out of town
- 当地 dāngdì local