地 (dì / de) means Earth (ground - location), ~ly. Below are 24 of the 47 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
孩子们高兴 地 笑了。
Háizimen gāoxìng de xiào le.
The children laughed happily.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 地
马在草 地 上吃草。
Mǎ zài cǎodì shàng chī cǎo.
The horse is grazing on the grass.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 草
地 铁站就在附近。
Dìtiě zhàn jiù zài fùjìn.
The subway station is right nearby.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 地铁
他在草 地 上骑马。
Tā zài cǎodì shàng qí mǎ.
He is riding a horse on the grass.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 马
小心， 地 上有水。
Xiǎoxīn, dì shàng yǒu shuǐ.
Careful, there's water on the floor.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 小心
我每天坐 地 铁上班。
Wǒ měi tiān zuò dìtiě shàngbān.
I take the subway to work every day.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 地铁
这里坐 地 铁很方便。
Zhèlǐ zuò dìtiě hěn fāngbiàn.
It's very convenient to take the subway here.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 方便
过去这里没有 地 铁。
Guòqù zhèlǐ méiyǒu dìtiě.
In the past there was no subway here.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 过去
From the graded readers
下班以后，我慢慢 地 走回家。
xiàbān yǐhòu, wǒ mànmàn dì / de zǒu huíjiā.
After work I walked home slowly.
Graded reader · HSK 2 · An Anniversary Surprise
去年爸爸来看我工作的 地 方。
qùnián bàba láikàn wǒ gōngzuò de / dì dìfang.
Last year my father came to see where I work.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · Changing Jobs
他说：“别看 地 上，看前面。”
tā shuō:" bié kàn / kān dìshàng, kàn / kān qiánmian."
He said, "Don't look at the ground — look ahead."
Graded reader · HSK 3 · Learning to Ride a Bike
我的手机没电了，也没有 地 图。
wǒ de(possessive) shǒujī méi diàn le / liǎo / liào, yě méiyǒu dìtú.
My phone was dead and I had no map.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · Getting Lost
我很不好意思 地 给卖家发了消息。
wǒ hěn bùhǎoyìsi dì / de gěi mài jiā fā le / liǎo / liào xiāoxi.
I messaged the seller, rather embarrassed.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · Shopping Online
爸爸在后面扶着车，让我慢慢 地 骑。
bàba zài hòumian fúzhe chē, ràng wǒ mànmàn dì / de qí.
Dad held the back of the bike and let me ride slowly.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · Learning to Ride a Bike
我的手被 地 上的小石头划破了，很疼。
wǒ de(possessive) shǒu bèi dìshàng de / dì xiǎo shítou huà / huá pò le / liǎo / liào, hěn téng.
My hands were scraped by the small stones on the ground and it hurt.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · Learning to Ride a Bike
下车的时候，我几乎认不出那个 地 方。
xià chē de / dì shíhou, wǒ jīhū rèn bùchū nèigè dìfang.
Getting off the coach, I could hardly recognise the place.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · Going Back Home
我坐在 地 上看了两个小时，什么都没扔。
wǒ zuò zài dìshàng kànle liǎng gè xiǎoshí, shénme dōu méi rēng.
I sat on the floor and looked through them for two hours, and threw nothing out.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · Moving House
From the travel phrasebook
地 铁站怎么走？
Dìtiě zhàn zěnme zǒu?
How do I get to the metro station?
Travel phrasebook · Airport and immigration
需要原产 地 证吗？
Xūyào yuánchǎndìzhèng ma?
Do we need a certificate of origin?
Travel phrasebook · Shipping and customs
From the grammar library
地 appears in 47 sentences on this site; the 24 shortest and most direct are shown. The rest are on the pages they were written for — the graded readers, the phrasebook and the grammar library.
Words that contain 地
Each of these has sentences of its own, so you can see the character doing a different job in each one.
Questions about 地
How is 地 used in a sentence?
This page shows 47 sentences using 地 (dì / de, "Earth (ground - location), ~ly"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 地 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 地 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Is 地 an HSK word?
Yes — 地 is on the official HSK 3 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 3 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 地?
The dictionary page for 地 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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