地 (dei6 dei6*2 dei2 | di4 de5 de1) : earth; land; soil

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地

dei6 dei6*2 dei2

di4 de5 de1

粵拼: dei6; -- 漢語 dì;
[n] earth
[n] land; soil; ground
[n] region; territory; belt; place; locality
[n] position; place; situation
[suffix][粵] plurality marker for pronouns -- less used than alternative 哋.

粵拼: dei2; -- 漢語 de;
[suffix] an adjunct used after a word (usually adjective) to form an adverbial phrase

Stroke count: 6

Level: 1

Radical: 土 (#32)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

地

This character was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 13th Jul 2009 04:52

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本地 bun2 dei6 ben3 di4 = local

山地 saan1 dei6 shan1 di4 = mountainous terrain

天地 tin1 dei6 tian1 di4 = the world, universe

地方 dei6 fong1 di4 fang1; di4 fang5 = place

土地 tou2 dei6/dei6*2 tu3 di4 = [1] land (地6); [2] abbreviation for the God of Land 土地公 (地6*2)

地位 dei6 wai6 di4 wei4 = position, status

地球 dei6 kau4 di4 qiu2 = The Planet Earth

冰天雪地 bing1 tin1 syut3 dei6 bing1 tian1 xue3 di4 = snow and icebound

特地 dak6 dei6*2 te4 di4 = purposely; on purpose; deliberately 國

此地 ci2 dei6 ci3 di4 = here, at this place 國
See all 638 compounds (CantoDict reports 675 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing 10 of 34 examples containing 地

他是否本地人？國
Is he a local?

佢係咪本地人嚟㗎？粵
Is he/she a local?

呢間屋企有地毡粵
This house is carpeted.
[Lit. This [counter] house have carpet]

我嘅地埗喺呢度粵
My address is here.
[Lit. My address at here.]

我唔知你嘅地埗喺邊度。粵
I don't know where your address is.
[Lit. I not know your address at where.]

佢嘅地埗好難搵粵
His address is hard to find.
[Lit. His address very hard find.]

唔該畫個地圖畀我。粵
Please draw a map for me.

我地七點喺七仔等啦。粵
We meet (outside) at Seven-Eleven shop at 7:00.

我過咗年就要做個量地官囉粵
I'll be out of a job after the new year.

呢個係雲石地板粵
This is a marble floor.

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粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
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