HSK 5 · Places

当地 dāngdì “local” in Chinese

Traditional 當地

What 当地 means

  1. local

How to say 当地

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale当dāng1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale地dì4th tone, falling

当地 in a sentence

  1. 现在东京当地时间是几点钟？

    Xiànzài Dōngjīng dāngdì shíjiān shì jǐ diǎn zhōng?

    What’s the local time in Tokyo now?

    Sentence #895163 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  2. 近几年，很多当地的传统都衰败了。

    Jìn jǐ nián, hěn duō dāngdì de chuántǒng dōu shuāibài le.

    Many local traditions have died out in recent years.

    Sentence #2077798 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 这家报社在当地知名度颇高。

    Zhè jiā bàoshè zài dāngdì zhīmíngdù pō gāo.

    This newspaper is well known in the local area.

    Sentence #4813405 from Tatoeba

How 当地 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 当 (dāng) with each of its parts in a different colour
当dāngdong
  • ⺌small form of 小 · xiǎo
  • 彐snout · jì
The character 地 (dì) with each of its parts in a different colour
地dìearth
  • 土earth · tǔMeaning part
  • 也also · yěSound part

土 hints at the meaning (earth); 也 (yě) hints at the sound. Compare it with dì.

Memory aidEarth 土 gives the meaning: the ground, a place.

How to write 当地

当 6 strokes · 地 6 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

当地 (dāngdì) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 当地 (dāngdì). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 当地

Words with 当

当然dāngrán · of course当dāng · to act as当时dāngshí · then当心dāngxīn · to be careful上当shàngdàng · to be fooled相当xiāngdāng · equivalent to当场dāngchǎng · on the spot当初dāngchū · originally当代dāngdài · contemporary当前dāngqián · current

Words with 地

地dì · earth地方dìfang · place地铁dìtiě · subway地图dìtú · map外地wàidì · another part of the country草地cǎodì · lawn地点dìdiǎn · place地址dìzhǐ · address地球dìqiú · the earth地区dìqū · region

More words: Places & Geography

车库chēkù · garage岛屿dǎoyǔ · islands大厦dàshà · large building地区dìqū · region电台diàntái · radio station住宅zhùzhái · residence走廊zǒuláng · corridor祖国zǔguó · homeland

FAQs

当地 (dāngdì) means “local”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it dāngdì: dāng with a 1st tone, then dì with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 当地 is written 當地. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type dangdi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 当地 from the suggestions. Typing dangdi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
当地 is an HSK 5 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

Turn words into conversations

A dictionary gives you the words. A native teacher shows you how to use them. Start with a free 30-minute intro call.

Book a free intro call

Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.