Meaning of 本地
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
- local
- this locality
How to use 本地
本地 describes people, food, news, or customs that belong to the place being talked about. It often comes before a noun, like 本地人 (běndìrén, a local person) or 本地菜 (běndìcài, local food). Example: 他是本地人。(Tā shì běndìrén.) He is a local.
本 (běn) means root or origin, and 地 (dì) means land or place. Your 本地 is the land where your roots are, the place right here.
Common mistake: Learners sometimes use 地方 (dìfang) when they mean 本地, but 地方 just means a place or region in general, while 本地 means this particular place. Also keep 地 in fourth tone here, not the light de of the particle 地.
本地 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
Stroke order for each character
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本 běn · root · 5 strokes
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地 de · -ly · 6 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 本地.
| 地方 | dìfang | region; regional (away from the central administration) |
| 地上 | dìshang | on the ground; on the floor |
| 地点 | dìdiǎn | place; site |
| 地图 | dìtú | map |
| 本子 | běnzi | book; notebook |
| 课本 | kèběn | textbook |
| 地球 | dìqiú | the earth |
| 地铁 | dìtiě | underground railway; subway; subway train |
| 笔记本 | bǐjìběn | notebook (stationery) (CL:本[ben3]); (computing) laptop; notebook (abbr. for 筆記本電腦|笔记本电脑[bi |
| 草地 | cǎodì | lawn; meadow |
| 外地 | wàidì | parts of the country other than where one is |
| 地铁站 | dìtiězhàn | subway station |
Questions about 本地
What does 本地 mean?
本地 (běndì) means "local; this locality" and is used as a noun.
How do you write 本地?
本地 is made of 2 characters: 本 (5 strokes), 地 (6 strokes). That is 11 strokes in total.
Is 本地 an HSK word?
Yes. 本地 is on the HSK 6 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.
What is the difference between 本地 and 当地 (dāngdì)?
本地 usually means the place where the speaker is right now. 当地 means the place being talked about, which can be somewhere else, as in 我去了云南，当地人很热情 (I went to Yunnan, and the locals were friendly).
Can 本地 be used for computers?
Yes. In tech contexts 本地 means local as opposed to online or remote, for example 本地文件 (běndì wénjiàn, local file).