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地

de
HSK 3
#21 most
frequent character
-ly
adverb
preposition

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

地 has 土 earth as the meaning part and 也 yě as the sound part; it first meant 'the ground'. From there it grew to 'land' and 'place'.

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Example Sentences

他跑得很快。
tā pǎodé hěnkuài 。
He runs very fast.
你说得很好。
nǐ shuōdé hěnhǎo 。
You speak very well.
我慢慢地走。
wǒ mànmàndì zǒu 。
I walk slowly.

Grammar Points

HSK 3
Structural particle "de"
HSK 3
Turning adjectives into adverbs

Same Characters, Different Readings

地dì
ground

Homophones

HSK 1
的de
of
HSK 2
得de
"structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etc"
底de
(equivalent to 的 as possessive particle)

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