Vocabulary

What does 地 (ち, chi) mean?

地 (ち, chi) means ground, earth.

Quick facts
Readingち
Romajichi
Part of speechnoun, noun suffix
Level (estimated, JLPT framework)N3
ち
N3 · estimated, JLPT frameworkCommonchi

ground, earth

  1. 1noun · noun suffix earth; ground; land
  2. 2noun · noun suffix place
  3. 3noun · noun suffix territory
  4. 4noun · noun suffix bottom (of a package, book, etc.)
  5. 5noun · noun suffix earth (one of the five elements)

Example sentences

  • This place used to be the sea long ago.

  • My friend came from a distant place.

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Entries, readings and English glosses: JMdict — Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group (EDRDG), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and their translations written by GoMe.

Voice: VOICEVOX Nemo.

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