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要地

要地

Chinese

		important; vital; to want important; vital; to want; to be going to; must; demand; ask; request; coerce	earth; ground; field earth; ground; field; place; land; (subor. part. adverbial); -ly
simp. and trad. (要地)		要	地

Noun

要地

important place; strategic point

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): yàodì

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄠˋ ㄉㄧˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jiu³ dei⁶
Min Nan (POJ): iàu-tē / iàu-tōe

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: yàodì
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄠˋ ㄉㄧˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yawdih
  - IPA ^(key): /i̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ti⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: jiu³ dei⁶
  - Yale: yiu deih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jiu³ dei⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /jiːu̯³³ tei̯²²/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Quanzhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iàu-tē
  - Tâi-lô: iàu-tē
  - Phofsit Daibuun: iao'de
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /iaʊ²¹⁻⁴¹ te³³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /iaʊ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ te⁴¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /iaʊ²¹⁻⁵³ te²²/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /iaʊ²¹⁻⁵³ te²²/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iàu-tōe
  - Tâi-lô: iàu-tuē
  - Phofsit Daibuun: iao'doe
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /iaʊ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tue⁴¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /iaʊ¹¹⁻⁵³ tue³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /iaʊ²¹⁻⁵³ tue²²/