Chinese symbol for “boondocks”
僻地
pì dì
the sticks; the boondocks
The closest CC-CEDICT match for boondocks is 僻地 (pì dì), defined as: the sticks; the boondocks.
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Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character with 僻地.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 偏僻 | piān pì | remote; desolate |
| 孤僻 | gū pì | unsociable; withdrawn; reclusive |
| 僻静 (僻靜) | pì jìng | lonely; secluded |
| 穷乡僻壤 (窮鄉僻壤) | qióng xiāng pì rǎng | a remote and desolate place |
| 荒僻 | huāng pì | desolate; deserted |
| 生僻 | shēng pì | unfamiliar; rarely seen |
| 地区 (地區) | dì qū | region; area (informal or geographical term); prefecture (in China's administrative system) |
| 地方 | dì fāng | region; regional (away from the central administration) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “boondocks”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.