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地面

dì miàn · di mian

Same in simplified and traditional Chinese

HSK 4

Meaning

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  1. floor
  2. ground
  3. surface
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Slippery floor

  1. Liangliang

    小心(xiǎoxīn)，地面(dìmiàn)刚(gāng)拖过(tuōguò)，很(hěn)滑(huá)！

    Careful! The floor was just mopped. It is slippery!

  2. Dengdeng

    知道了(zhīdàole)，我(wǒ)慢慢(mànmàn)走(zǒu)。

    Got it. I will walk slowly.

  3. Liangliang

    你看(nǐkàn)，别人(biéren)都(dōu)靠(kào)墙(qiáng)走(zǒu)。

    See? Everyone else walks along the wall.

  4. Dengdeng

    我(wǒ)不用(bùyòng)，我(wǒ)在(zài)地面(dìmiàn)上(shàng)滑得(huáde)很(hěn)好(hǎo)！

    I do not need to. I glide great on the floor!

  5. Liangliang

    你(nǐ)的(de)鞋底(xiédǐ)不是(bùshì)干(gān)的(de)吧(ba)？

    Aren't the soles of your shoes dry?

  6. Dengdeng

    哎呀(āiyā)！地面(dìmiàn)怎么(zěnme)这么(zhème)硬(yìng)！

    Ouch! Why is the floor so hard!

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

那(nà)个(ge)赛(sài)跑(pǎo)运(yùn)动(dòng)员(yuán)跃(yuè)过(guò)了(le)地(dì)面(miàn)上(shàng)的(de)洞(dòng)。

The runner jumped over the hole in the ground.

Tatoeba: Chinese by crescat · English by Source_VOA · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

雨(yǔ)后(hòu)的(de)地(dì)面(miàn)又(yòu)湿(shī)又(yòu)滑(huá)，走(zǒu)路(lù)要(yào)小(xiǎo)心(xīn)。

After the rain, the ground is wet and slippery, so be careful when walking.

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地
dì

earth; ground

面
miàn

face; side

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