地狱
dìyù
hell
Characters in this word
狱 yù
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 犭 — dog
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 对长期被困在战火中的孩子来说，所谓家园早已变成地狱。 Duì chángqī bèi kùn zài zhànhuǒ zhōng de háizi lái shuō, suǒwèi jiāyuán zǎoyǐ biàn chéng dìyù. For children long trapped in war, their so-called homeland has already turned into hell.
- 这家餐厅的辣椒酱辣得像地狱一样。 Zhè jiā cāntīng de làjiāojiàng là de xiàng dìyù yíyàng. The chili sauce at this restaurant is hellishly spicy.
- 周一早上的地铁简直是地狱，人多得动不了。 Zhōuyī zǎoshang de dìtiě jiǎnzhí shì dìyù, rén duō de dòng bù liǎo. The metro on Monday morning is simply hell, so packed that you can't move.
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