地方 (dei6 fong1 | di4 fang1; di4 fang5) : place

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地方

dei6 fong1

di4 fang1; di4 fang5

place

Level: 1 Google Frequency: 18,500,000

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

地方

This word has been viewed 4484 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by radagasty on 14th Jul 2004 02:25 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008 19:03

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Characters in this word:

地 dei6 dei6*2 - earth; land; district; location
方 fong1 - direction; angle

23 compounds containing this word:

地方名 - placename; place name
熟地方 - a familiar place
鬼地方 - hell around
地方主義 - "local -ism"; attitude of favoring your local region
地方性 - local
地方官職位 - prefecture
偏遠的地方 - remote sites
吸引遊客的地方 - attraction
安居樂業的地方 - a desirable place to live and work
泊車地方 - a parking space
陰涼地方 - [n] a cool place (with respect to temperature)
地方國營 - state owned but locally administered
邊遠地方 - outlying district, outlying territories
老地方 - a place two or more people are familiar with (as a place to meet up)
香港街道地方指南 - Hong Kong guidebook
民族自治地方 - autonomous regions of China
Common Formations:
地方保護主義 - regional protectionism
地方財政包干制 - system such that local authorities take full responsibility for their finances
地方政府 - local government
地方法院 - [n] county court; district court
地方自治 - [n] home rule
地方財政包幹制 - all-round responsibility system
對住宅徵收的地方稅 - domestic (tax) rates

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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.]

呢笪地方好污糟粵
This place is very dirty.

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]]

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Decimal representation of this word: 地方

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