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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 34243 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 all 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.
detail 呢度地毡
There's a carpet here.
detail 街燈地上
There's a streetlight on the snowy ground.
detail 琴日一套有啲地方幾好
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.]
detail 對於這種地位來說, 這樣行為莊重
Such conduct is undignified for a person of his position.
detail 興奮圖書館
He goes to the library with excitement.
[地 is used as an adjunct after a word (pinyin: de5)]
detail audio 琴日都好今日發燒
It was all fine yesterday; the fever just came up today.
detail 注意地鐵車廂嚴禁飲食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.]
detail 呢個紙板箱地下就得㗎喇
Just leave this cardboard box on the floor.
[(No need to do anything else to the box.)]
detail audio 地方污糟
This place is very dirty.
detail 地板跣腳因住躀低
The floor is slippery. Be careful not to slip and fall.
detail 這樣咄咄逼人追問
With your forceful interrogation, he became even more nervous.
detail 佢地兩個可以拉埋天窗揸大葵扇
The two of them got married all because I matchmade them together.
detail 做事不留撳地游水唔會較飛
He has all along been very careful. He will not land you in trouble.
detail 地鐵西灣河銅鑼灣只需大概二十分鐘車程
It takes only around twenty minutes from Sai Wan Hoi to Causeway Bay by MTR (the Metro).
detail 我地一定會水落石出
we must investigate this incident till the truth comes out.
[[also]查個水落石出 ]
detail 唔好以為佢地只係學生  ?! 
Don't think they're just students!
detail 如果阿明真係一個超人⋯⋯唔會米田共返嚟屋企重要走廊地板都係死人⋯⋯
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 …
detail 幾個見到非常之街燈草地上面
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.]
detail 細佬鐘意公眾地方著衫但係呢啲法律
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]]
detail 琴晚劈酒醉醉地
You got pretty drunk last night.
[Lit. you yesterday evening binge-alcohol binge-arrive drunk-ish]
detail 新澤西州到處都係不毛之地
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!]
detail 食力唔好
Sandy road surface doesn't provide much friction. Don't run too fast.
detail 我地的士?
Let's take a taxi, shall we?
detail 死咗之後使旨意上天或者地獄
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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