地 dì

1. dì noun soil; ground; land
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Geography
   Notes: As in 土地, or 地面 (CED '地' 3, 4; FE '地' 2; Kroll 2015 '地' 2, pp. 83-84)
2. de particle subordinate particle
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words , Concept: Structural Particle 结构助词
   Notes: 地 can only be placed after an adverbial adjunct. For example, 笑容满面地走进央视西门 'walked into the CCTV West Gate with a big smile [on his] face.' (VOA 2016-01-25; Kroll 2015 '地' 7, pp. 83-84)
3. dì noun floor
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '地' 3, pp. 83-84)
4. dì proper noun the earth
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: For example, 天地玄黃 'The sky was black and earth yellow.' (CED '地' 1; FE '地' 1; Kroll 2015 '地' 1, pp. 83-84; QZW)
5. dì noun fields
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Agriculture
   Notes: As in 天地 (FE '地' 2; CED '地' 3)
6. dì noun a place
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 地方 or 地点, for example, in the idiom 因地制宜 'to accord with local customs using appropriate measures' (CCI '因地制宜'; CED '地' 8, 9; FE '地' 4; Kroll 2015 '地' 2b, pp. 83-84)
7. dì noun a situation; a position
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: As in 地位 (FE '地' 4; CED '地' 10)
8. dì noun background
   Domain: Art 艺术
   Notes: As in the background of a painting (CED '地' 12)
9. dì noun terrain
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '地' 2c, pp. 83-84)
10. dì noun a territory; a region
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Geography
    Notes: As in 陆地 (CED '地' 2; FE '地' 3; Kroll 2015 '地' 2a, pp. 83-84)
11. dì noun used after a distance measure
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Geography
    Notes: To indicate that the measure is for travel distance (CED '地' 13)
12. dì adjective coming from the same clan
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '地' 5, pp. 83-84)

Contained in

• 圮地 difficult terrain
• 天然本地 natural background
• 地大物博 vast territory with abundant resources
• 绿嘴地鹃(綠嘴地鵑) green-billed malkoha (Phaenicophaeus tristis)
• 空地 unused land ; an available space
• 一项一项地(一項一項地) one by one
• 犹地亚(猶地亞) Judea
• 一箭之地 a place with one arrow shot
• 视地(視地) gazed at the ground
• 咫尺之地 a very small area
• 出人头地(出人頭地) to stand out among one's peers ; to excel
• 地图册(地圖冊) an atlas
• 地接 local guide; tour escort
• 战地(戰地) battlefield
• 天崩地裂 heaven jumps and the earth is split; rocked by a huge event
• 尽地主之谊(盡地主之誼) to act as host; to do the honors
• 莫富于地(莫富於地) nothing is more abundant than the Earth
• 归零地(歸零地) Ground Zero
• 呼天抢地(呼天搶地) to scream at heaven and knock one's head on the ground
• 欢天喜地(歡天喜地) welcome heaven and joyful with the earth; in great spirits
• 知地形 to know the terrain
• 地心吸力 gravitation
• 大地水准面(大地水準面) geoid
• 地脚(地腳) (page) footer; (dialect) foundation (of a building); base
• 地方政府 local government
• 地震局 earthquake bureau
• 虎斑地鸫(虎斑地鶇) scaly thrush (Zoothera dauma)
• 天地良心 in all honesty; truth to tell
• 网页地址(網頁地址) webaddress; URL
• 是非之地 trouble spot; sketchy area
• 汶川大地震 Great Sichuan Earthquake
• 不毛之地 land with no vegetables; barren land
• 世界地图册(世界地圖冊) world atlas
• 大地线(大地線) a geodesic (curve)
• 地学(地學) earth sciences
• 二地主 sublandlord; tenant who sublets
• 当地时间(當地時間) local time
• 荒地 wasteland; uncultivated land

Also contained in

柴达木盆地 、 定西地区 、 安康地区 、 桑地诺民族解放阵线 、 平凉地区 、 上饶地区 、 安顺地区 、 滨州地区 、 百色地区 、 加沙地带 、 阜阳地区 、 运城地区 、 温江地区

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• 卷五十九 志第十二 天文十二 Volume 59 Treatises 12: Astronomy 12 History of Song 宋史 — count: 254
• 卷五十七 志第十 天文十 Volume 57 Treatises 10: Astronomy 10 History of Song 宋史 — count: 126
• 卷五十八 志第十一 天文十一 Volume 58 Treatises 11: Astronomy 11 History of Song 宋史 — count: 115
• 卷四十七　志第二十八:　食貨二 田制 租賦 牛頭稅 Volume 47 Treatises 28: Finance and Economics 2 - Administration of Farming, Rent and Taxes, Taxes on Oxes History of Jin 金史 — count: 101
• 卷四十一 志第二十一: 地理四 Volume 41 Treatises 21: Geography 4 Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 99
• 卷三十六 志第二十六 州郡二 Volume 36 Treatises 26: Administrative Districts 2 Book of Song 宋書 — count: 94
• 卷六十一　志第十三: 　地理四 Volume 61 Treatises 14: Geography 4 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 82
• 卷三百十五 列傳第二百〇三 雲南土司三 Volume 315 Biographies 203: Yunnan Tribal Headmen 3 History of Ming 明史 — count: 81
• 卷三十八 志第二十八 州郡四 Volume 38 Treatises 28: Administrative Districts 4 Book of Song 宋書 — count: 80
• 卷三十 志第六 五行三 Volume 30 Treatises 6: Five Elements 3 History of Ming 明史 — count: 78

Collocations

• 公子地 (公子地) 公子地 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 9
• 侵地 (侵地) 班其所取侵地于諸侯也 — Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋公羊傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 7
• 卫地 (衛地) 及衛地 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 成公 Lord Cheng — count: 6
• 祭天地 (祭天地) 天子祭天地 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《曲禮下》 Summary of the Rules of Propriety Part 2 — count: 5
• 地正 (地正) 以地正國也 — Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋公羊傳, 定公 Lord Ding — count: 4
• 地盟 (地盟) 不地盟 — Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋公羊傳, 成公 Lord Cheng — count: 3
• 称地 (稱地) 往來稱地 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 桓公 Lord Huan — count: 3
• 地出奔 (地出奔) 宋公子地出奔陳 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 定公 Lord Ding — count: 3
• 王子地 (王子地) 王子地 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 哀公 Lord Ai — count: 3
• 地会 (地會) 則地會 — Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋公羊傳, 成公 Lord Cheng — count: 3