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地下
  dei6 haa6/haa6*2   jyutping
  di4 xia4; di4 xia5   pinyin
[粵拼: dei6 haa6 | 漢語: di4 xia4]
(less used in spoken Cantonese)
[1] underground; subterranean [2] (fig.) secret; secretive; underground (activities, etc.)

[粵拼: dei6 haa62 | 漢語: di4 xia5]
(more frequent in spoken and written Cantonese than in written Chinese outside HK / Macau, or in spoken Mandarin)
[3] on the ground; on the floor | : 地面 [4] the ground floor, GF | : | Syn.: 一樓

[] Note: There is considerable confusion as HK addresses often have '地下' in their description indicating 'Ground Floor' whereas mainland Chinese establishments use '地下' to indicate the basement floor; e.g., '地下' means 'Basement Level 2'. HK Chinese uses '地庫' for 'basement'


Level: 2   Google Frequency: 5,010,000

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

This word has been viewed 3645 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by tym on 21st May 2005 17:43 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008 19:03
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Characters in this word:

 dei6 dei6*2  -  earth; land; district; location
 haa6 haa5  -  under; lower; next; go down

15 compounds containing this word:

地下鐵路 - subway; MTR
地下室 - basement
地下層 - basement floor
地下核爆炸 - nuclear underground burst; underground nuclear explosion
地下核試驗 - underground nuclear test
地下水 - groundwater
在地下 - underground
地下車 - subway
地下通道 - underpass, subway, tunnel
地下莊家 - underground bookmakers
地下過道 - an underpass, a subway
地下情 - a secret love affair
地下城市 - underground town, underground city
地下街 - an "underground city", usually an underground tunnel shopping mall
Common Formations:
地下拆車廠 - a chop shop (lit., "underground car disassembling facility")

Showing 1 example containing 地下
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.)]
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