地圖

See also: 地図 and 地图

Chinese

		earth; ground; field earth; ground; field; place; land; (subor. part. adverbial); ‑ly	diagram; to plan; picture diagram; to plan; picture; drawing; chart
trad. (地圖)		地	圖
simp. (地图)		地	图

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): dìtú

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧˋ ㄊㄨˊ

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): дитў (ditw, III-I)

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): dei⁶ tou⁴

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): ei⁵ hu^3*

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): thi-thù

  (Hailu, HRS): ti^˖ tu

• Eastern Min (BUC): dê-dù
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): de⁵ dou²
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): tē-tô͘ / tōe-tô͘

  (Teochew, Peng'im): di⁷ dou⁵

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶di-du

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dìtú
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧˋ ㄊㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dìtú
    • Wade–Giles: ti⁴-tʻu²
    • Yale: dì-tú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dihtwu
    • Palladius: диту (ditu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti⁵¹ tʰu³⁵/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: дитў (ditw, III-I)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti⁴⁴ tʰu²⁴/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dei⁶ tou⁴
    • Yale: deih tòuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dei⁶ tou⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: déi⁶ tou⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tei̯²² tʰou̯²¹/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: ei⁵ hu^3*
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ei³² hu²²⁻²²⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thi-thù
    • Hakka Romanization System: ti tu^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ti⁴ tu²
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰi⁵⁵ tʰu¹¹/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: ti^˖ tu
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰi³³ tʰu⁵⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: dê-dù
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti²⁴²⁻⁵⁵ ^(t-)lu⁵³/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: de⁵ dou² [Phonetic: de⁵ lou²]
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: dā̤-dó
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /te¹¹ ^(t-)lɔu¹³/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: de⁵ dou² [Phonetic: de⁵ lou²]
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /te²¹ ^(t-)lɔu²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung, Jinjiang, Philippines)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tē-tô͘
    • Tâi-lô: tē-tôo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dexdoo
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines): /te⁴¹⁻²² tɔ²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /te²²⁻²¹ tɔ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /te³³⁻²¹ tɔ²³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /te²²⁻²¹ tɔ¹³/
  • (Hokkien: Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tōe-tô͘
    • Tâi-lô: tuē-tôo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: doexdoo
    • IPA (Taipei): /tue³³⁻¹¹ tɔ²⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: di⁷ dou⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tī tôu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti¹¹ tou⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶di-du
    • MiniDict: di^去 du
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³di-du
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /di²² du⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: dijH du

Rime
Character	地	圖
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	定 (7)	定 (7)
Final (韻)	脂 (15)	模 (23)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	I
Fanqie	徒四切	同都切
Baxter	dijH	du
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/diɪH/	/duo/
Pan Wuyun	/diH/	/duo/
Shao Rongfen	/djɪH/	/do/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/diH/	/dɔ/
Li Rong	/diH/	/do/
Wang Li	/diH/	/du/
Bernhard Karlgren	/dʱiH/	/dʱuo/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	dì	tú
Expected Cantonese Reflex	dei6	tou4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[l]ˤej-s  [d]ˤa/

  (Zhengzhang): /*l'els  daː/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	地	圖
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	dì	tú
Middle Chinese	‹ dijH ›	‹ du ›
Old Chinese	/*[l]ˁej-s/	/*[d]ˁa/
English	earth, ground	consider
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	地	圖
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	14808	12496
Phonetic component	也	圖
Rime group	歌	魚
Rime subdivision	2	0
Corresponding MC rime	地	徒
Old Chinese	/*l'els/	/*daː/

Noun

地圖

1. map (visual representation of an area) (Classifier: 張／张; 本)

   世界地圖／世界地图  ―  shìjiè dìtú  ―  world map

2. (video games) map (imaginary or fictional area where a game or a session thereof takes place)

Synonyms

• (sense 1): (Luoyang Mandarin) 地理圖／地理图

Derived terms

• 地圖學 / 地图学 (dìtúxué)
• 地圖投影 / 地图投影 (dìtú tóuyǐng)
• 地圖炮 / 地图炮 (dìtúpào)
• 地圖龜 / 地图龟 (dìtúguī)
• 暗射地圖 / 暗射地图 (ànshè dìtú)
• 活地圖 / 活地图 (huódìtú)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (地圖):

• → Japanese: 地図(ちず) (chizu)
• → Korean: 지도(地圖) (jido)
• → Vietnamese: địa đồ (地圖)

Further reading

• “地圖”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
地	圖
ち Grade: 2	ず Hyōgai
kan'on	goon

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

【地図ちず】 [noun] a map (visual representation of an area)

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

Korean

Hanja in this term
地	圖

Noun

地圖 • (jido) (hangeul 지도)

1. hanja form^? of 지도 (“map”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
地	圖

Noun

地圖

1. chữ Hán form of địa đồ (“map”).