地方 (dìfang) means Place. Below are 23 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
你住的 地方 离银行远吗？
Nǐ zhù de dìfang lí yínháng yuǎn ma?
Is the place you live far from the bank?
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 地方
这个 地方 特别安静。
Zhège dìfang tèbié ānjìng.
This place is particularly quiet.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 特别
这个 地方 有点神秘。
Zhège dìfang yǒudiǎn shénmì.
This place is somewhat mysterious.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 神秘
你还记得那个 地方 吗？
Nǐ hái jìde nàge dìfang ma?
Do you still remember that place?
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 记得
我不太了解这个 地方 。
Wǒ bú tài liǎojiě zhège dìfang.
I don't know this place very well.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 了解
这个 地方 越来越富了。
Zhège dìfang yuè lái yuè fù le.
This place is getting richer and richer.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 富
我对这个 地方 很熟悉。
Wǒ duì zhège dìfang hěn shúxī.
I know this place very well.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 熟悉
这个 地方 对我很陌生。
Zhège dìfang duì wǒ hěn mòshēng.
This place is unfamiliar to me.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 陌生
这个 地方 以陶瓷闻名。
Zhège dìfang yǐ táocí wénmíng.
This place is famous for its ceramics.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 陶瓷
这个房间占了很大 地方 。
Zhège fángjiān zhàn le hěn dà dìfang.
This room takes up a lot of space.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 占
这个 地方 历来盛产茶叶。
Zhège dìfang lìlái shèngchǎn cháyè.
This place has always been famous for its tea.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 历来
潮湿的 地方 铁器容易生锈。
Cháoshī de dìfang tiěqì róngyì shēngxiù.
Ironware rusts easily in damp places.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 生锈
他们躲在隐蔽的 地方 观察。
Tāmen duǒ zài yǐnbì de dìfang guānchá.
They hid in a concealed spot and watched.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 隐蔽
这座宫殿是皇帝生活的 地方 。
Zhè zuò gōngdiàn shì huángdì shēnghuó de dìfang.
This palace is where the emperor lived.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 皇帝
请在需要修改的 地方 做个标记。
Qǐng zài xūyào xiūgǎi de dìfang zuò ge biāojì.
Please put a mark wherever something needs changing.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 标记
这个 地方 太偏僻，很少有人来。
Zhège dìfang tài piānpì, hěn shǎo yǒu rén lái.
This place is so out of the way that few people come.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 偏僻
每个 地方 的小吃都有自己的风味。
Měi ge dìfang de xiǎochī dōu yǒu zìjǐ de fēngwèi.
The snacks of every place have their own local flavour.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 风味
细菌在温暖潮湿的 地方 繁殖得很快。
Xìjūn zài wēnnuǎn cháoshī de dìfang fánzhí de hěn kuài.
Bacteria multiply quickly in warm, damp places.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 繁殖
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From the graded readers
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
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
原来在这个什么都变了的 地方 ，还有人记得我。
yuánlái zài zhège shénme dōu biàn le / liǎo / liào de / dì dìfang, háiyǒu rén jìde wǒ.
So in this place where everything had changed, someone still remembered me.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · Going Back Home
我回过头，看见他站在很远的 地方 ，笑着向我招手。
wǒ huí guò tóu, kànjiàn tā zhàn zài hěn yuǎn de / dì dìfang, xiào zhāo / zhaó / zhe / zhù / zhuó xiàng wǒ zhāo shǒu.
I looked back and saw him standing far away, smiling and waving.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · Learning to Ride a Bike
Questions about 地方
How is 地方 used in a sentence?
This page shows 23 sentences using 地方 (dìfang, "Place"), 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.
Is 地方 an HSK word?
Yes — 地方 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 地方?
The dictionary page for 地方 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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