Chinese symbol for “subterranean”
地底
dì dǐ
subterranean; underground
The closest CC-CEDICT match for subterranean is 地底 (dì dǐ), defined as: subterranean; underground.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “subterranean”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 地底.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 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) |
| 当地 (當地) | dāng dì | local |
| 土地 | tǔ dì | land; soil |
| 到底 | dào dǐ | finally; in the end |
| 彻底 (徹底) | chè dǐ | thorough; thoroughly |
| 年底 | nián dǐ | end of the year |
| 月底 | yuè dǐ | end of the month |
See also: Japanese symbol for “subterranean”.
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.