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

• 天地长(天地長) heaven and earth are everlasting
• 英雄无用武之地(英雄無用武之地) a hero with no chance of using his might; to have no opportunity to display one's talents
• 地台 floor; platform
• 积地(積地) reclaimed land
• 金冠地莺(金冠地鶯) slaty-bellied tesia (Tesia olivea)
• 落地窗 French window
• 绕地(繞地) to orbit the earth
• 八十天环游地球(八十天環遊地球) Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne
• 天差地远(天差地遠) poles apart; entirely different
• 阶地(階地) a terrace
• 地牢 prison; dungeon
• 近河之地溼 near a river, the earth is wet
• 天南地北 distant places; all over the country; (to talk) about this and that
• 沿海地区(沿海地區) coastland; coastal areas
• 地段 a section; a district
• 雪地 snowfield
• 天造地设(天造地設) made by Heaven and arranged by Earth; ideal; perfect; (of a match) made in heaven
• 地板砖(地板磚) floor tile
• 填地 landfill
• 准噶尔盆地(準噶爾盆地) Junggar Basin, northern Xinjiang
• 刬地(剗地) to level off land ; still; as before ; in vain; for nothing ; what?; why? ; instead; rather
• 地理志 Dili Zhi
• 本地人 native person (of a country)
• 法属南部领地 (法屬南部領地) French Southern and Antarctic Lands
• 一个天南，一个地北(一個天南，一個地北) to live miles apart
• 异地恋(異地戀) long-distance romance; long-distance relationship
• 知天知地 know Heaven and earth
• 办公地址(辦公地址) business address
• 地毯式轰炸(地毯式轟炸) carpet bombing
• 土地 territory ; soil; earth ; earth spirit; local spirit ; land
• 地积单(地積單) unit of area
• 地头(地頭) place; locality; edge of a field; lower margin of a page
• 世界文化遗产地(世界文化遺產地) World Heritage site
• 向北地 northward
• 园地(園地) a garden area
• 汶川地震 Great Sichuan Earthquake
• 地方自治 local autonomy; home rule
• 地区性(地區性) regional; local

Also contained in

中国国家地震局 、 张家口地区 、 近畿地方 、 甘地 、 南平地区 、 苏州地区 、 海东地区 、 毕节地区 、 印地安纳州 、 巴中地区 、 网络地址转换 、 喀什地区 、 南阳地区

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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
• 地反 (地反) 地反物為妖 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 宣公 Lord Xuan — 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
• 曹地 (曹地) 分曹地也 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 3