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  dei6 dei6*2   jyutping
  di4 de5   pinyin
[] dei6 | [] di4
[1] [n] earth; land; soil; ground
[2] [n] district; location; site
[3] [] [suffix] plurality marker for pronouns -- less used than alternative

[] dei6 | [] de5
[suffix] used after an adjective (usu polysyllabic) to form a literary adverbial phrase

[] dei6*2 - Cantonese only
[suffix] used after an adjective (usu reduplicated) to form a colloquial modifying phrase

Default PoS: noun Additional PoS: adverbpronoun
Stroke count: 6
Level: 1
Radical: (#32)

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

This word has been viewed 34185 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 17th Mar 2015 10:40

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detail  gyun6 dei6  quan1 di4 = staking a claim to territory; enclosure
detail  tin1 ging1 dei6 ji6  tian1 jing1 di4 yi4 = (in line with what's) right and proper
detail  bun2 dei6  ben3 di4 = local
detail  saan1 dei6  shan1 di4 = mountainous terrain
detail  tin1 dei6  tian1 di4 = the world, universe
detail  dei6 fong1  di4 fang1; di4 fang5 = place
detail  jan4 dei6   = variant of 人哋
detail  tou2 dei6/dei6*2  tu3 di4/di5 = land; territory; local god of land
detail  dei6 wai6  di4 wei4 = position, status
detail  dei6 kau4  di4 qiu2 = The Planet Earth
See all 630 compounds (CantoDict reports 670 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing 10 of 34 examples containing 地
detail 是否本地人
Is he a local?
detail audio 係咪本地人嚟㗎
Is he/she a local?
detail 屋企地毡
This house is carpeted.
[Lit. This [counter] house have carpet]
detail 我嘅地埗喺呢度
My address is here.
[Lit. My address at here.]
detail 我唔知你嘅地埗邊度
I don't know where your address is.
[Lit. I not know your address at where.]
detail 佢嘅地埗
His address is hard to find.
[Lit. His address very hard find.]
detail audio 唔該地圖畀我
Please draw a map for me.
detail audio 我地七仔
We meet (outside) at Seven-Eleven shop at 7:00.
detail audio 就要量地官
I'll be out of a job after the new year.
detail 呢個雲石地板
This is a marble floor.
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