地上

Character by character

• 地de6 strokesHSK 1earth; soil, ground; region
• 上shàng3 strokesHSK 1top; superior, highest; go up, send up

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Example sentences

• 他倒在地上。

  Tā dǎo zài dì shàng

  He fell down on the floor.

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• 他坐在地上。

  Tā zuò zài dì shàng

  He was sitting on the floor.

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Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 地上. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 上shàngHSK 1

  (bound form) up; upper; above; previous; first (of multiple parts); to climb; to get onto; to go up; to attend (class or university); (directional complement) up; (noun suffix) on; above

• 地deHSK 1

  -ly; structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct

• 地方dì fangHSK 1

  area; place; space; room; territory

• 身上shēn shangHSK 1

  on the body; at hand; among

• 晚上wǎn shangHSK 1

  evening; night; in the evening

• 马上mǎ shàngHSK 1

  at once; right away; immediately; on horseback (i.e. by military force)

• 地址dì zhǐHSK 4

  address

• 早上zǎo shangHSK 1

  early morning

• 地区dì qūHSK 3

  local; regional; district (not necessarily formal administrative unit); region; area; as suffix to city name, means prefecture or county (area administered by a prefecture-level city or, county-level city)

• 实际上shí jì shàngHSK 3

  in fact; in reality; as a matter of fact; in practice

• 上面shàng miànHSK 3

  on top of; above-mentioned; also pr. [shàng mian]

• 上班shàng bānHSK 1

  to go to work; to be on duty; to start work; to go to the office

• 土地tǔ dìHSK 4

  land; soil; territory

• 事实上shì shí shàngHSK 3

  in fact; in reality; actually; as a matter of fact; de facto; ipso facto

• 当地dāng dìHSK 3

  local

• 路上lù shangHSK 1

  on the road; on a journey; road surface

• 加上jiā shàngHSK 5

  plus; to put in; to add; to add on; to add into; in addition; on top of that

• 基地jī dìHSK 5

  base (of operations); industrial or military base; al-Qaeda

• 地点dì diǎnHSK 1

  place; site; location; venue

• 地球dì qiúHSK 2

  the earth

• 车上chē shàngHSK 1

  Car

• 以上yǐ shàngHSK 2

  that level or higher; that amount or more; the above-mentioned; (used to indicate that one has completed one's remarks) That is all.

• 上去shàng qùHSK 3

  to go up

• 上午shàng wǔHSK 1

  morning