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地方

地方

Chinese

 
earth; ground; field; place; land; (subor. part. adverbial); -ly
 
square; quadrilateral; direction; just
simp. and trad.
(地方)

Noun

地方

  1. place; region; area
    一個陌生地方 / 一个陌生地方   yīge mòshēng de dìfāng   an unfamiliar place
    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).
  2. part; aspect

Synonyms

Usage notes

  • Unlike Mandarin, 地方 is rarely used in Min Nan. Use 所在 (só͘-chāi) instead.

Adjective

地方

  1. (attributive) regional; local
    布袋戲地方戲劇 [Min Nan, trad.]
    布袋戏地方戏剧 [Min Nan, simp.]
    Pò͘-tē-hì sī chi̍t chióng tē-hng hì-kio̍k. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
    Glove puppetry is a kind of regional theatre.

Derived terms

  • 地方時地方时
  • 地方民族主義地方民族主义
  • 地方病 (dìfāngbìng)
  • 地方稅地方税 (dìfāngshuì)
  • 地方種群地方种群
  • 地方糧票地方粮票
  • 地方話地方话

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 2
ほう
Grade: 2
on'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

地方 (hiragana ちほう, romaji chihō, historical hiragana ちはう)

  1. district, province, area

References

  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, ISBN 4095102535.
  1. 1 2 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

地方 (jibang) (hangeul 지방)

  1. Hanja form? of 지방, “a geographical region”.