地

PINYIN

dì

DEFINITION
  • earth
  • ground
  • field
  • place
  • land
EXAMPLE
地址 / dì zhǐ
address
PINYIN

de

DEFINITION
  • -ly
  • structural particle: used before a verb or adjective
  • linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct
EXAMPLE
他很快地跑了过来 / tā hěn kuài de pǎo le guòlái
He quickly ran over