地方

Character by character

• 地de6 strokesHSK 1earth; soil, ground; region
• 方fāng4 strokesHSK 1a square, rectangle; a region; local

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Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 地方. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 地deHSK 1

  -ly; structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct

• 方式fāng shìHSK 3

  way; manner; style; mode; pattern

• 方法fāng fǎHSK 2

  method; way; means

• 方面fāng miànHSK 2

  respect; aspect; field; side

• 方fāngHSK 4

  square; power or involution (math.); upright; honest; fair and square; direction; side; party (to a contract, dispute etc); place; method; prescription (medicine); just when; only or just; classifier for square things; abbr. for square or cubic meter

• 地址dì zhǐHSK 4

  address

• 地区dì qūHSK 3

  local; regional; district (not necessarily formal administrative unit); region; area; as suffix to city name, means prefecture or county (area administered by a prefecture-level city or, county-level city)

• 对方duì fāngHSK 3

  the other person; the other side; the other party

• 方向fāng xiàngHSK 2

  direction; orientation

• 土地tǔ dìHSK 4

  land; soil; territory

• 当地dāng dìHSK 3

  local

• 基地jī dìHSK 5

  base (of operations); industrial or military base; al-Qaeda

• 地点dì diǎnHSK 1

  place; site; location; venue

• 地球dì qiúHSK 2

  the earth

• 方便fāng biànHSK 2

  convenient; suitable; to facilitate; to make things easy; having money to spare; (euphemism) to relieve oneself

• 方案fāng ànHSK 4

  plan; program (for action etc); proposal; proposed bill

• 地上dì shangHSK 1

  on the ground; on the floor

• 双方shuāng fāngHSK 3

  bilateral; both sides; both parties involved

• 地位dì wèiHSK 4

  position; status; place

• 地下dì xiàHSK 4

  underground; subterranean; covert

• 各地gè dìHSK 3

  in all parts of (a country); various regions

• 地铁dì tiěHSK 2

  underground railway; subway; subway train

• 南方nán fāngHSK 2

  south; the southern part of the country; the South

• 地面dì miànHSK 4

  floor; ground; surface