餘地

See also: 余地

Chinese

		remainder	earth; ground; field earth; ground; field; place; land; (subor. part. adverbial); ‑ly
trad. (餘地)		餘	地
simp. (余地)		余	地

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yúdì

  (Zhuyin): ㄩˊ ㄉㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyu⁴ dei⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): û-tōe / îr-tōe / î-tē / û-tē / îr-tē / î-tōe

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yúdì
    • Zhuyin: ㄩˊ ㄉㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yúdì
    • Wade–Giles: yü²-ti⁴
    • Yale: yú-dì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yudih
    • Palladius: юйди (jujdi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /y³⁵ ti⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jyu⁴ dei⁶
    • Yale: yùh deih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jy⁴ dei⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: yu⁴ déi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyː²¹ tei̯²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: û-tōe
    • Tâi-lô: û-tuē
    • Phofsit Daibuun: u'doe
    • IPA (Taipei): /u²⁴⁻¹¹ tue³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /u²⁴⁻²² tue²²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: îr-tōe
    • Tâi-lô: îr-tuē
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɯ²⁴⁻²² tue⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: î-tē
    • Tâi-lô: î-tē
    • Phofsit Daibuun: i'de
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /i²³⁻³³ te³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /i¹³⁻²² te²²/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: û-tē
    • Tâi-lô: û-tē
    • Phofsit Daibuun: u'de
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /u²³⁻³³ te³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /u²⁴⁻²² te²²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: îr-tē
    • Tâi-lô: îr-tē
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɯ²⁴⁻²² te⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: î-tōe
    • Tâi-lô: î-tuē
    • Phofsit Daibuun: i'doe
    • IPA (Taipei): /i²⁴⁻¹¹ tue³³/

Noun

餘地

1. (literally) additional space; spare room; (figuratively) leeway; room (for negotiation, to maneuver, etc.); latitude; margin; space

   • 咱兩人猶原無挽回的餘地 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
     咱两人犹原无挽回的余地 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]

     From: 2005, 郭之儀 (lyrics and music), 無緣的牽掛, performed by 陳雷 [Chen Lei]

     lán nn̄g lâng iû-goân bô bán-hôe ê î-tē [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     The two of us still do not have any room for salvaging

Synonyms

• 地步 (dìbù) (literary)
• 後步／后步 (hòubù)
• 後路／后路 (hòulù) (figurative)
• 退步 (tuìbù)
• 退路 (tuìlù) (figurative)

 

Derived terms

• 不留餘地／不留余地 (bùliúyúdì)
• 留有餘地／留有余地
• 留餘地／留余地

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (餘地):

• → Japanese: 余地(よち) (yochi)
• → Korean: 여지(餘地) (yeoji)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
餘	地
よ Hyōgaiji	ち Grade: 2
on’yomi	kan’on

For pronunciation and definitions of 餘地 – see the following entry.

【余地よち】 [noun] (literally) room, margin, space, vacant [noun] (figuratively) leeway; room

(This term, 餘地, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term
餘	地

Noun

餘地 • (yeoji) (hangeul 여지)

1. Hanja form^? of 여지 (“room; margin; scope; leeway”).