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地区

dì qū · di qu

Traditional 地區

HSK 3Old HSK 5Measure word: 个 gè

Meaning

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  1. local
  2. regional
  3. district (not necessarily formal administrative unit)
  4. region
  5. area
  6. as suffix to city name, means prefecture or county (area administered by a prefecture-level city or, county-level city)
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Snow in the north

  1. Liangliang

    天气(tiānqì)预报(yùbào)说(shuō)，北方(běifāng)地区(dìqū)今天(jīntiān)下雪(xiàxuě)。

    The forecast says the northern region will get snow today.

  2. Dengdeng

    我们(wǒmen)这个(zhège)地区(dìqū)呢(ne)？

    What about our area?

  3. Liangliang

    我们(wǒmen)这个(zhège)地区(dìqū)只(zhǐ)下雨(xiàyǔ)。

    Our area only gets rain.

  4. Dengdeng

    那(nà)我(wǒ)想(xiǎng)去(qù)下雪(xiàxuě)的(de)地区(dìqū)！

    Then I want to go to a snowy region!

  5. Liangliang

    去(qù)吧(ba)，回来(huílai)给(gěi)我(wǒ)带(dài)一个(yīgè)雪人(xuěrén)。

    Go, and bring me a snowman when you come back.

  6. Dengdeng

    带(dài)回来(huílai)它(tā)就(jiù)变成(biànchéng)水(shuǐ)了(le)。

    By then it will have turned into water.

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

这(zhè)个(ge)地(dì)区(qū)的(de)人(rén)工(gōng)作(zuò)很(hěn)勤(qín)奋(fèn)。

Everyone around the area works hard.

Tatoeba: Chinese by wangzi0921 · English by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

南(nán)方(fāng)地(dì)区(qū)最(zuì)近(jìn)经(jīng)常(cháng)下(xià)雨(yǔ)。

The southern region has been getting a lot of rain lately.

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地
dì

earth; ground

区
qū

area; region

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