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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'

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地下

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 dei6 dei2  di4 de5 de1  -  earth; land; soil
 haa6 haa5  xia4  -  down; under


Showing 1 example containing 地下
detail 呢個紙板箱地下就得㗎喇 edit
Just leave this cardboard box on the floor.
[(No need to do anything else to the box.)]
This word was added by tym on 21st May 2005 and last edited on 16th Aug 2006
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