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地衣

地衣

Chinese

		earth; ground; field earth; ground; field; place; land; (subor. part. adverbial); -ly	gown; clothes; to dress gown; clothes; to dress; to wear
simp. and trad. (地衣)		地	衣

Noun

地衣

lichen

Etymology

Literally, "earth covering."

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): dìyī

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄧˋ ㄧ
Cantonese (Jyutping): dei⁶ ji¹
Min Nan (POJ): tē-i / tōe-i

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)
  - Pinyin: dìyī
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄧˋ ㄧ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dihi
  - IPA ^(key): /ti⁵¹ i⁵⁵/
  - Homophones:
    
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    地衣
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Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: dei⁶ ji¹
  - Yale: deih yī
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dei⁶ ji¹
  - IPA ^(key): /tei̯²² jiː⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tē-i / tōe-i
  - Tâi-lô: tē-i / tuē-i
  - Phofsit Daibuun: dexy, doexy
  - IPA (Xiamen): /te²²⁻²¹ i⁴⁴/, /tue²²⁻²¹ i⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /te⁴¹⁻²² i³³/, /tue⁴¹⁻²² i³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /te²²⁻²¹ i⁴⁴/, /tue²²⁻²¹ i⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /te³³⁻¹¹ i⁴⁴/, /tue³³⁻¹¹ i⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /te³³⁻²¹ i⁴⁴/, /tue³³⁻²¹ i⁴⁴/