地方

Japanese

Kanji in this term
地	方

Pronunciation

• Homophone: 痴呆

Noun

地方 (hiragana ちほう, romaji chihō)

1. district, province, area

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Mandarin

simpl. and trad.
地方

Pronunciation

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• IPA: [ ti˥˩faŋ˥˥ ]

Noun

地方 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin dìfāng or dìfang)

1. (Beginning Mandarin) place
   • John 1.11

     他到自己的地方来，自己的人倒不接待他。

     Tā dào zìjǐ de dìfang lái, zìjǐ de rén dào bù jiēdaì tā.

     He came unto his own, and his own received him not.

2. (Beginning Mandarin) part; aspect
3. (Elementary Mandarin) local; regional

Synonyms

• 場地 (trad.), 场地 (simp.)
• 地點 (trad.), 地点 (simp.)
• 場所 (trad.), 场所 (simp.)
• 處所 (trad.), 处所 (simp.)
• 去處 (trad.), 去处 (simp.)
• 部位
• 位置
• 所在

See also

• (Min Nan) 所在 (só·-chāi) place; part; aspect

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Min Nan

simpl. and trad.
地方

Pronunciation

• (Quanzhou) IPA: [ tə˨˩hŋ˥˥ ]
• (Xiamen, Taipei) IPA: [ tue˨˩hŋ˥˥ ]
• (Tainan) IPA: [ te˨˩hŋ˥˥ ]
• (Zhangzhou:) IPA: [ te˨˩huĩ˥˥ ]

Noun

地方 (traditional and simplified, POJ tē-hng or tōe-hng)

1. local; regional
   • 2006: anon., :zh-min-nan:w:Pò·-tē-hì

     trad. 布袋戲是一種地方戲劇, simpl. 布袋戏是一种地方戏剧

     Pò·-tē-hì sī 1-chióng tē-hng hì-kio̍k

     Pò·-tē-hì is a kind of regional theater

Usage notes

• Unlike Mandarin, 地方 is rarely used in Min Nan to mean place; part; aspect. For that meaning, use 所在 instead.

Related terms

• 所在 (só·-chāi) place; part; aspect