地方

Meaningdì fang(noun)

area; place; space; room; territory

Read dìfang (neutral tone), it means "place" or "part", not "local".

Measure words: 处、个、块

Examples

• 你住在什么地方？

  nǐ zhù zài shén me dì fang?

  Where do you live?

• 这个地方很漂亮。

  zhè ge dì fang hěn piào liang.

  This place is very beautiful.

• 这篇文章有几个地方我不明白。

  zhè piān wén zhāng yǒu jǐ gè dì fang wǒ bù míng bái.

  There are a few parts of this article I don't understand.

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Meaningdì fāng(noun)

region; regional (away from the central administration); local

Examples

• 地方政府很重视这个问题。

  dì fang zhèng fǔ hěn zhòng shì zhè ge wèn tí.

  The local government takes this issue very seriously.

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