地
狱

Hell in Chinese: 地狱 (dì yù)

dì yù

hell

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 地獄1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1hell
  2. 2infernal
  3. 3underworld
  4. 4(Buddhism) Naraka

Stroke order

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地
狱

Zhuyin

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ㄉㄧˋ

dì

ㄉ/ dㄧ/ iˋ/ fourth tone

ㄩˋ

yù

ㄩ/ üˋ/ fourth tone

Simplified & traditional

地狱

Simplified

地獄

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 他觉得那段日子就像地狱一样。

    tā jué de nà duàn rì zi jiù xiàng dì yù yí yàng。

    He felt those days were like hell.

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Related words

地

de

-ly

地方

dì fāng

region

地铁

dì tiě

underground railway

地图

dì tú

map

当地

dāng dì

local

地球

dì qiú

the earth

地址

dì zhǐ

address

地道

dì dào

tunnel

地理

dì lǐ

geography

地区

dì qū

local

地毯

dì tǎn

carpet

地位

dì wèi

position

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