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地方

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Chinese

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earth; ground; field
earth; ground; field; place; land; (subor. part. adverbial); ‑ly
 
square; quadrilateral; place
square; quadrilateral; place; region; direction; side; method; way; prescription; power; upright; just
 
trad. (地方)
simp. #(地方)

Pronunciation 1

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Note: diông - contraction.
Note:
  • tē-hng/tōe-hng - colloquial;
  • tē-hong/tōe-hong - literary.

Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 2/2
Initial () (7) (1)
Final () (15) (106)
Tone (調) Departing (H) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Closed
Division () III III
Fanqie
Baxter dijH pjang
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/diɪH/ /pʉɐŋ/
Pan
Wuyun
/diH/ /pʷiɐŋ/
Shao
Rongfen
/djɪH/ /piuɑŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/diH/ /puaŋ/
Li
Rong
/diH/ /piuaŋ/
Wang
Li
/diH/ /pĭwaŋ/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/dʱiH/ /piwaŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
fāng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
dei6 fong1

Noun

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地方

  1. (countable, uncountable) place; region; area (Classifier: m;  c)
    一個陌生地方一个陌生地方  ―  yīge mòshēng de dìfang  ―  an unfamiliar place
  2. (countable, uncountable) part; location
    這個地方 [MSC, trad.]
    这个地方 [MSC, simp.]
    Wǒ zhège dìfang yǒu diǎn téng. [Pinyin]
    I've got a pain here (lit.: in this place).
  3. (countable, uncountable) part; aspect; something (about something) (Classifier: m)
  4. (uncountable) empty space; room
    騰出地方腾出地方  ―  téngchū dìfang  ―  to make room
  5. (countable, literary) town crier
  6. (countable, historical) An administrative division of the Republic of China prior to 1949, equivalent to an autonomous region.
Usage notes
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  • Unlike Mandarin, 地方 is rarely used in Hokkien. Use 所在 (só͘-chāi) instead.
Synonyms
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  • (place):

Pronunciation 2

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Note:
  • tē-hng/tōe-hng - colloquial;
  • tē-hong/tōe-hong - literary.

Noun

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地方

  1. (uncountable) civilians; civilian jobs; civilian sector
Antonyms
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Adjective

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地方

  1. (attributive) regional; local
    地方官員地方官员  ―  dìfāng guānyuán  ―  local official
    布袋戲地方戲劇 [Hokkien, trad.]
    布袋戏地方戏剧 [Hokkien, simp.]
    Pò͘-tē-hì sī chi̍t chióng tē-hng hì-kio̍k. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
    Glove puppetry is a kind of regional theatre.
Synonyms
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Derived terms

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Pronunciation 3

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Noun

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地方

  1. (Hengyang Xiang) doorstep; sill; threshold
Derived terms
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Descendants

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Sino-Xenic (地方):

Japanese

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Kanji in this term

Grade: 2
ほう
Grade: 2
on'yomi

Etymology

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From Middle Chinese 地方 (MC dijH pjang).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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()(ほう) (chihōちはう (tifau)?

  1. district, province, area

References

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  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
  1. 1.0 1.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Korean

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Hanja in this term

Noun

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地方 (jibang) (hangeul 지방)

  1. hanja form? of 지방 (geographical region)

Vietnamese

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chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Noun

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地方

  1. chữ Hán form of địa phương (region, area).