地球 dìqiú▶ tierra

Stroke order

地球 is written in 17 strokes across 2 characters.

• 地 — 6 strokes
• 球 — 11 strokes

Example sentences

• 地球是我们的家。Dìqiú shì wǒmen de jiā.The earth is our home.
• 我们要保护地球。Wǒmen yào bǎohù dìqiú.We must protect the earth.

Related words

• 地址dirección
• 地点ubicación
• 网球Tenis
• 乒乓球Tenis de mesa
• 羽毛球Bádminton
• 土地tierra; aterrizar

地球 is pronounced dìqiú and means “tierra”. HSK 4 is where this word sits in the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, the exam used to grade Chinese proficiency. Reading 地球 and remembering it are not the same achievement: the first fades within days unless the second is practised. LexiTrail times each review to the edge of forgetting, which is where a repetition is worth the most.