Chinese symbol for “locally”

就地

jiù dì

locally; on the spot

The closest CC-CEDICT match for locally is 就地 (jiù dì), defined as: locally; on the spot.

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Characters and stroke order

就 jiù

just, simply; to go to; to approach, near

radical 43 ⼪ · 12 strokes

地 dì

earth, ground, soil; land, region; structural particle used before a v

radical 32 ⼟ · 6 strokes

Other Chinese words for “locally”

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
局地	jú dì	local; locally

Related words

Other words that share a character with 就地.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
就是	jiù shì	exactly; precisely; only; simply; just
就业 (就業)	jiù yè	to get a job; employment
就要	jiù yào	will; shall
就算	jiù suàn	(coll.) even if
成就	chéng jiù	accomplishment; success
早就	zǎo jiù	already at an earlier time
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)

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.