Chinese symbol for “local”
当地
dāng dì
Traditional: 當地
local
The closest CC-CEDICT match for local is 当地 (dāng dì), defined as: local.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “local”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 本地 | běn dì | local; this locality |
| 地方性 | dì fāng xìng | local |
| 地方 | dì fāng | region; regional (away from the central administration) |
| 局地 | jú dì | local; locally |
| 局部性 | jú bù xìng | local |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 当地.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 当时 (當時) | dāng shí | then; at that time |
| 当然 (當然) | dāng rán | only natural; as it should be |
| 相当 (相當) | xiāng dāng | equivalent to; appropriate |
| 当年 (當年) | dāng nián | in those days; back then; in those years; to be in the prime of life |
| 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) |
| 土地 | tǔ dì | land; soil |
See also: Japanese symbol for “local”.
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.