地 (dei6 dei6*2 | di4 de5) : earth; land; district; location

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地

dei6 dei6*2

di4 de5

[粵] dei6 | [國] di4
[1] [n] earth; land; soil; ground
[2] [n] district; location; site
[3] [粵] [suffix] plurality marker for pronouns -- less used than alternative 哋

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

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

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Stroke count: 6

Level: 1

Radical: 土 (#32)

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

地

This word has been viewed 36257 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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圈地 gyun6 dei6 quan1 di4 = staking a claim to territory; enclosure

天經地義 tin1 ging1 dei6 ji6 tian1 jing1 di4 yi4 = (in line with what's) right and proper

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

人地 jan4 dei6 = variant of 人哋粵

土地 tou2 dei6/dei6*2 tu3 di4/di5 = land; territory; local god of land

地位 dei6 wai6 di4 wei4 = position, status

地球 dei6 kau4 di4 qiu2 = The Planet Earth
See all 630 compounds (CantoDict reports 670 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing all 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.

呢度有地毡粵
There's a carpet here.

有一盞街燈喺雪地上面粵
There's a streetlight on the snowy ground.

我琴日睇咗一套戲，有啲地方幾好睇粵
I saw a film yesterday... some parts were okay.
[Lit. I yesterday see-already [counter] film, have place (note: this is a figurative use of place) quite good watch.]

對於他這種地位的人來說, 這樣的行為是不莊重的。國
Such conduct is undignified for a person of his position.

他興奮地去圖書館。國
He goes to the library with excitement.
[地 is used as an adjunct after a word (pinyin: de5)]

琴日都好地地嘅，今日就發燒囉。粵
It was all fine yesterday; the fever just came up today.

請注意，地鐵車廂內嚴禁飲食，請保持車廂清潔衛生，多謝合作
Please remember. No eating or drinking on MTR trains. Help us keep them fresh, clean and tidy. Thank you!
[http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?14,132183 It's supposed to be a MTR announcement, but the wordings are not exactly the same.]

呢個紙板箱，放喺地下就得㗎喇。粵
Just leave this cardboard box on the floor.
[(No need to do anything else to the box.)]

呢笪地方好污糟粵
This place is very dirty.

地板好跣腳，因住躀低粵
The floor is slippery. Be careful not to slip and fall.

被你這樣咄咄逼人地追問，他就更慌了！國
With your forceful interrogation, he became even more nervous.

佢地兩個可以拉埋天窗全靠我揸大葵扇咋粵
The two of them got married all because I matchmade them together.

佢做事不留都撳地游水，唔會攞你嚟較飛！粵
He has all along been very careful. He will not land you in trouble.

搭地鐵由西灣河到銅鑼灣只需大概二十分鐘嘅車程。粵
It takes only around twenty minutes from Sai Wan Hoi to Causeway Bay by MTR (the Metro).

我地一定會將呢件事查到水落石出。粵
we must investigate this incident till the truth comes out.
[[also]查個水落石出 ]

唔好以為佢地只係學生粵 ?!
Don't think they're just students!

如果阿明真係一個識飛嘅超人就好喇⋯⋯噉佢就唔會喺條街度踩咗啲米田共返嚟屋企，重要印到成條走廊嘅地板都係！抹死人咩⋯⋯ 粵
It'd be nice if Ah Ming were a superhero that knew how to fly … Then he wouldn't have brought home the poop that he stepped on in the street and printed it all over the floorboards in the hallway! Cleaning it up will be the death of me …

我幾個月前見到有一盞又好光又非常之高嘅街燈喺草地上面粵
I saw a bright and really tall streetlight on the grass a few months ago.
[Lit. I several months before see-arrive have one [counter] and bright and very tall [possessive particle] streetlight located grass-floor on.]

細佬，冇人鐘意喺公眾地方著衫嘅，但係呢啲係法律呀粵
Kid, no-one likes to wear clothes in public, but it's the law!
[Lit. child, have-no people like in public place wear-clothes [particle], however these are law [particle]]

你琴晚劈酒劈到醉醉地粵
You got pretty drunk last night.
[Lit. you yesterday evening binge-alcohol binge-arrive drunk-ish]

新澤西州到處都係不毛之地粵
New Jersey is just barren wasteland.
[Lit. New Jersey everywhere also is barren wasteland. Originally the sentence was 死神界到處都是不毛之地, but I gave it a little twist!]

沙地唔食力﹐唔好走咁快。粵
Sandy road surface doesn't provide much friction. Don't run too fast.

我地坐的士去咧? 粵
Let's take a taxi, shall we?

死咗之後咪使旨意上天堂或者下地獄粵
Don't think you can go to heaven or hell after you die.
[Std. Chinese: 死後別想上天堂或下地獄]

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