地狱

地獄

dìyù

noun HSK 7-9 #1,427

Meanings

1 hell; the underworld

Characters

Literally 'earth prison' - a prison beneath the ground.

Examples

HSK 5

那段经历简直就是人间地狱。

Nà duàn jīnglì jiǎnzhí jiùshì rénjiān dìyù.

That experience was literally a living hell.

HSK 6

佛教中有十八层地狱。

Fójiào zhōng yǒu shíbā céng dìyù.

In Buddhism there are eighteen levels of hell.

Tips

culture

In Chinese Buddhist and folk tradition, 地狱 has 18 levels (十八层地狱), each with a different punishment for specific sins. The ruler of hell is 阎王, borrowed from the Hindu deity Yama.

Stroke Order

地 dì

狱 yù