地道 meaning in English

dìdào

tunnel; causeway

HSK 7-9nounadjective18 strokes

Meaning of 地道

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

dìdào
  1. tunnel
  2. causeway
dìdao
  1. authentic
  2. genuine
  3. proper

地道 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

我wǒ很hěn希xī望wàng可kě以yǐ说shuō一yī口kǒu地dì道dào的de中zhōng文wén。
I really hope that I can speak authentic Chinese.
他tā讲jiǎng一yī口kǒu地dì道dào的de俄é语yǔ。
He speaks Russian perfectly.
她tā大dà方fāng地dì道dào歉qiàn。
She had the decency to apologize.
这zhè样yàng说shuō是shì不bú是shì更gèng加jiā地dì道dào呢ne?
Is it more idiomatic if I say it like this?
我wǒ很hěn遗yí憾hàn每měi次cì离lí开kāi的de时shí候hòu,都dōu没méi有yǒu好hǎo好hǎo地dì道dào别bié。
Every time I leave, I'm of full the regret that I haven't fully said goodbye.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

地 de · -ly · 6 strokes

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道 dào · road · 12 strokes

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  12. 12

Related words

Words that share a character with 地道.

知道zhīdàoto know; to become aware of; also pr. [zhi1dao5]
地方dìfangregion; regional (away from the central administration)
地上dìshangon the ground; on the floor
地点dìdiǎnplace; site
地图dìtúmap
地球dìqiúthe earth
味道wèidàoflavor; taste; (fig.) feeling (of ...); sense (of ...); hint (of ...)
道理dàolǐreason; argument
道路dàolùroad; path
地铁dìtiěunderground railway; subway; subway train
草地cǎodìlawn; meadow
外地wàidìparts of the country other than where one is

Questions about 地道

What does 地道 mean?

地道 (dìdào) means "tunnel; causeway" and is used as a noun and adjective.

How do you write 地道?

地道 is made of 2 characters: 地 (6 strokes), 道 (12 strokes). That is 18 strokes in total.

Is 地道 an HSK word?

Yes. 地道 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.