dì tú
map
这是中国的地图。
Zhè shì Zhōngguó de dìtú.
This is a map of China.
我想买一张世界地图。
Wǒ xiǎng mǎi yī zhāng shìjiè dìtú.
I want to buy a world map.
请在地图上标出你的位置。
Qǐng zài dìtú shàng biāochū nǐ de wèizhì.
Please mark your location on the map.
地图册 (dìtú cè)
atlas
地图集 (dìtú jí)
map collection
地图帐 (dìtú zhàng)
map account
地球仪 (dìqiúyí)
globe
地图册 (dìtú cè)
atlas
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The Chinese word 地图 (dìtú) for "map" is composed of two characters: 地 (dì), meaning "earth" or "land", and 图 (tú), meaning "picture" or "diagram". Together, these characters convey the idea of a visual representation of the earth's surface.The earliest known use of the word 地图 dates back to the 3rd century BCE, when it was used in the book "Huainanzi" to refer to a map of the world. Over time, the word became more widely used, and by the Tang Dynasty (618-907 CE), it was the standard term for "map".The word 地图 is also used in other languages, such as Japanese (地図, chizu) and Korean (지도, jido). These words are all derived from the Chinese characters 地 and 图, and they all have the same meaning of "map".
