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地段

dìduàn

location; section of land

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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

段 duàn

Strokes
9
Radical
殳 — tool, weapon
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts

Example phrases

  • 这个地段交通便利,但租金也高得令人难以承受。 Zhè ge dìduàn jiāotōng biànlì, dàn zūjīn yě gāo de lìng rén nányǐ chéngshòu. This location has convenient transport, but the rent is also unbearably high.
  • 这套房子地段好,离地铁站只有五分钟。 Zhè tào fángzi dìduàn hǎo, lí dìtiězhàn zhǐ yǒu wǔ fēnzhōng. This flat is in a good location, only five minutes from the metro station.
  • 他们在市中心最热闹的地段开了一家咖啡店。 Tāmen zài shìzhōngxīn zuì rènao de dìduàn kāi le yì jiā kāfēidiàn. They opened a coffee shop in the busiest part of the city centre.

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