HSK 5 · Education

地理 dìlǐ “geography” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 地理 means

  1. geography

How to say 地理

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale地dì4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale理lǐ3rd tone, dipping

地理 in a sentence

  1. 他喜欢地理和历史。

    Tā xǐhuan dìlǐ hé lìshǐ.

    He likes geography and history.

    Sentence #528057 from Tatoeba

  2. 地理课上，老师向同学们展示了地球仪。

    Dìlǐ kè shàng, lǎoshī xiàng tóngxuémen zhǎnshì le dìqiúyí.

    In geography class, the teacher showed a globe to the students.

    Sentence #10184286 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

How 地理 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 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.

The character 理 (lǐ) with each of its parts in a different colour
理lǐtexture
  • 王king · wángMeaning part
  • 里village · lǐSound part

王 hints at the meaning (king); 里 (lǐ) hints at the sound. Compare it with lǐ.

Memory aid王 here is jade 玉: cutting jade along its grain. 里 (lǐ) gives the sound: to put in order, reason.

How to write 地理

地 6 strokes · 理 11 strokes

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

Words related to 地理

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当地dāngdì · local

Words with 理

经理jīnglǐ · manager理解lǐjiě · to comprehend理想lǐxiǎng · an ideal理发lǐfà · to get a haircut修理xiūlǐ · to repair整理zhěnglǐ · to arrange管理guǎnlǐ · to supervise办理bànlǐ · to handle处理chǔlǐ · to handle合理hélǐ · rational

More words: Education & Learning

测验cèyàn · test常识chángshí · common sense成语chéngyǔ · idiom词汇cíhuì · vocabulary辅导fǔdǎo · to give guidance化学huàxué · chemistry讲座jiǎngzuò · lecture教材jiàocái · teaching material

FAQs

地理 (dìlǐ) means “geography”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it dìlǐ: dì with a 4th tone, then lǐ with a 3rd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 地理 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type dili with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 地理 from the suggestions. Typing dili into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
地理 is an HSK 5 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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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.