地 dì
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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) -
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) -
dì
noun
floor
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '地' 3, pp. 83-84) -
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) -
dì
noun
fields
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Agriculture
Notes: As in 天地 (FE '地' 2; CED '地' 3) -
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) -
dì
noun
a situation; a position
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: As in 地位 (FE '地' 4; CED '地' 10) -
dì
noun
background
Domain: Art 艺术
Notes: As in the background of a painting (CED '地' 12) -
dì
noun
terrain
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '地' 2c, pp. 83-84) -
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) -
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) -
dì
adjective
coming from the same clan
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '地' 5, pp. 83-84)
Contained in
- 沙乌地阿拉伯王国(沙烏地阿拉伯王國) Saudi Arabia
- 即时即地(即時即地) moment-to-moment
- 土地公 Tudi Gong
- 集散地 distribution center
- 地头蛇(地頭蛇) local bully; tyrant; regional mafia boss
- 基地组织(基地組織) Al-Qaeda
- 地界 territorial boundary
- 地衣 lichen
- 僻地 the sticks; the boondocks
- 地地道道 thoroughgoing; authentic
- 地级(地級) prefecture-level
- 地址 address ; address; position in memory
- 地核 core of the earth
- 扑地(撲地) a striking sound ; suddenly ; everywhere
- 重地 important place; strategic location
- 地黄(地黃) Chinese foxglove
- 用武之地 ample scope for abilities; favorable position for the use of one's skills
- 地理纪(地理紀) geographical records
- 地毯拖鞋 carpet slippers
- 日月经天,江河行地(日月經天,江河行地) the sun and moon cross the sky, rivers run across the land; nature is unchangeable
- 天经地义(天經地義) right and proper; right and unalterable; a matter of course
- 涂地(塗地) ground marking paint ; a difficult situation ; everywhere
- 沙乌地阿拉伯(沙烏地阿拉伯) Saudi Arabia
- 天摇地动(天搖地動) earth shattering
- 地邻(地鄰) neighbor on farmland
- 地板砖(地板磚) floor tile
- 死无葬身之地(死無葬身之地) to die without a burial site; to die a pauper; a tragic end
- 一个天南,一个地北(一個天南,一個地北) to live miles apart
- 二地主 sublandlord; tenant who sublets
- 地覆天翻 turn over earth and heaven; monumental change
- 地动仪(地動儀) seismograph
- 有条有理地(有條有理地) methodically; systematically
- 转移阵地(轉移陣地) to move one's base (of operations); to reposition; to relocate
- 地产大亨(地產大亨) Monopoly (game) / known as 大富翁 in PRC
- 地热能(地熱能) geothermal energy
- 争地(爭地) to fight over land ; contested territory
- 地图(地圖) a map; a picture
- 夷为平地(夷為平地) to raze to the ground
- 大墓地 necropolis
- 平地起家 to start from scratch
- 所在地 location; site
- 死地 a place of death ; a place with bad fengshui
Also contained in
边缘地区 、 宁波地区 、 攀枝花地区 、 临沂地区 、 迦遮邻地 、 三地门乡 、 毕节地区 、 伏地魔 、 马兰基地
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- 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
- 卷六十 志第十三 天文十三 Volume 60 Treatises 13: Astronomy 13 History of Song 宋史 — 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
- 君地 (君地) 則君地生焉 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 3
- 鲁地 (魯地) 如魯地 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — 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
- 地来 (地來) 以地來 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 3
- 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