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地下
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[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 | 漢: 地面 [4] the ground floor, GF | 漢: 底層 | 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., '地下二樓' 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. |
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Characters in this word:地 dei6 dei6*2 - earth; land; district; location下 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") |
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