地

dì

noun HSK 1 #225

Meanings

土 (earth) + 也 (yě) phonetic

Dì shang yǒu yì běn shū.

There's a book on the ground.

Zhè kuài dì hěn dà.

This piece of land is very big.

mistakes

地 has two pronunciations: dì (earth/ground) and de (adverb particle, as in 高兴地说 — happily say). At HSK 1, focus on dì.

地 dì