着地

著地

zháodì

verb

Meanings

1 to land
2 to touch the ground
3 to set down (after falling or jumping)

Characters

Examples

猫从高处跳下，四脚着地。

Māo cóng gāo chù tiào xià, sì jiǎo zháodì.

The cat jumped down from a height and landed on all four paws.

飞机平稳地着地了。

Fēijī píngwěn de zháodì le.

The plane touched down smoothly.

Tips

mistakes

Pronunciation varies: zháodì (more common, colloquial) and zhuódì (more formal/written) are both correct. Don't read 着 as zhe here - that reading is the imperfective particle, never used for 'to land.'

Stroke Order

着 zhe

地 dì