HSK 5 · Places

地区 dìqū “region” in Chinese

Traditional 地區

What 地区 means

  1. region
  2. area
  3. district
  4. area (informal or geographical term)
  5. prefecture (in China’s administrative system)

How to say 地区

  • 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 first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale区qū1st tone, high and level

地区 in a sentence

  1. 这个地区的人工作很勤奋。

    Zhè ge dìqū de rén gōngzuò hěn qínfèn.

    People in this area work very hard.

    Sentence #1408080 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 这是一个产苹果的地区。

    Zhè shì yí ge chǎn píngguǒ de dìqū.

    This is an apple-growing region.

    Sentence #390434 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 这类植物只生长在热带地区。

    Zhè lèi zhíwù zhǐ shēngzhǎng zài rèdài dìqū.

    This kind of plant only grows in tropical regions.

    Sentence #1239335 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 地区 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 区 (qū) with each of its parts in a different colour
区qūarea
  • 匸hiding · xì
  • 乂to govern · yì

How to write 地区

地 6 strokes · 区 4 strokes

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

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

Words related to 地区

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 区

小区xiǎoqū · residential estate区qū · district郊区jiāoqū · suburban district区别qūbié · difference区域qūyù · area区分qūfēn · to distinguish社区shèqū · community

More words: Places & Geography

车库chēkù · garage当地dāngdì · local岛屿dǎoyǔ · islands大厦dàshà · large building电台diàntái · radio station隔壁gébì · next door工厂gōngchǎng · factory公寓gōngyù · apartment building

FAQs

地区 (dìqū) means “region” or “area”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it dìqū: dì with a 4th tone, then qū with a 1st 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, 地区 is written 地區. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type diqu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 地区 from the suggestions. Typing diqu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
地区 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.