HSK 4 · Places

地址 dìzhǐ “address” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 地址 means

  1. address

Measure word 个 gè · 一个地址 yí ge dìzhǐ

How to say 地址

  • 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址zhǐ3rd tone, dipping

地址 in a sentence

  1. 你有没有电子邮件地址？

    Nǐ yǒu méiyǒu diànzǐ yóujiàn dìzhǐ?

    Do you have an email address?

    Sentence #784486 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 我不知道他的地址。

    Wǒ bù zhīdao tā de dìzhǐ.

    I don’t know his address.

    Sentence #1416164 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 你能把它送到这个地址吗？

    Nǐ néng bǎ tā sòng dào zhè ge dìzhǐ ma?

    Can you deliver it to this address?

    Sentence #874970 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 地址 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 址 (zhǐ) with each of its parts in a different colour
址zhǐsite; location
  • 土earth · tǔMeaning part
  • 止stop · zhǐSound part

土 hints at the meaning (earth); 止 (zhǐ) hints at the sound. Compare it with zhǐ.

How to write 地址

地 6 strokes · 址 7 strokes

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

Words related to 地址

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地球dìqiú · the earth当地dāngdì · local地区dìqū · region

More words: Places & Directions

厕所cèsuǒ · toilet厨房chúfáng · kitchen大使馆dàshǐguǎn · embassy地点dìdiǎn · place郊区jiāoqū · suburban district加油站jiāyóuzhàn · petrol station客厅kètīng · drawing room (room for arriving guests)入口rùkǒu · entrance

FAQs

地址 (dìzhǐ) means “address”. It is an HSK 4 word.
Say it dìzhǐ: dì with a 4th tone, then zhǐ with a 3rd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 地址 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Use 个 (gè). For example, one address is 一个地址 (yí ge dìzhǐ).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type dizhi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 地址 from the suggestions. Typing dizhi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
地址 is an HSK 4 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.