地位

Chinese

		earth; ground; field earth; ground; field; place; land; (subor. part. adverbial); ‑ly	position; location; (measure word for persons) position; location; (measure word for persons); place; seat
trad. (地位)		地	位
simp. #(地位)		地	位

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dìwèi

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧˋ ㄨㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dei⁶ wai⁶

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thi-vi
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): tē-ūi / tōe-ūi

  (Teochew, Peng'im): di⁷ ui⁷

---

• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dìwèi
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧˋ ㄨㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dìwèi
    • Wade–Giles: ti⁴-wei⁴
    • Yale: dì-wèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dihwey
    • Palladius: дивэй (divɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti⁵¹⁻⁵³ weɪ̯⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

      [Show/Hide]
      edit edit 地位 帝位

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dei⁶ wai⁶
    • Yale: deih waih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dei⁶ wai⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: déi⁶ wei⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tei̯²² wɐi̯²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thi-vi
    • Hakka Romanization System: ti vi
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ti⁴ vi⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰi⁵⁵ vi⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Quanzhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tē-ūi
    • Tâi-lô: tē-uī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dexui
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /te³³⁻²¹ ui³³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /te⁴¹⁻²² ui⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /te²²⁻²¹ ui²²/
  • (Hokkien: Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tōe-ūi
    • Tâi-lô: tuē-uī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: doexui
    • IPA (Taipei): /tue³³⁻¹¹ ui³³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: di⁷ ui⁷
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tī ūi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti¹¹ ui¹¹/

Noun

地位

1. position (in society, the world, etc.); standing; status (Classifier: 個／个 m)

   支配地位  ―  zhīpèi dìwèi  ―  dominant position; dominance

   國際地位／国际地位  ―  guójì dìwèi  ―  international standing

2. location; position; place

Synonyms

• (standing): (literary) 地步 (dìbù), (literary, or in compounds) 位 (wèi)
• (location):

• 位 (wèi) (literary, or in compounds)
• 位置 (wèizhì)
• 去處／去处 (qùchù)
• 地場／地场 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 地方
• 地點／地点 (dìdiǎn)
• 場地／场地 (chǎngdì)
• 場所／场所 (chǎngsuǒ)
• 定位 (dìngwèi)
• 所在 (suǒzài)
• 所在地 (suǒzàidì)
• 旮旯 (gālá) (dialectal Mandarin)
• 處所／处所 (chùsuǒ)
• 部位 (bùwèi)
• 點基／点基 (dienn³ ji¹) (Xiang)

 

Derived terms

• 社會地位／社会地位 (shèhuì dìwèi)

 

Related terms

• 位於／位于 (wèiyú)
• 位置 (wèizhì)
• 位子 (wèizi)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
地	位
ち Grade: 2	い Grade: 4
kan’on	on’yomi

Etymology

Ultimately from Middle Chinese 地位 (MC dijH hwijH). First cited in Japanese to a text from the mid-1200s, so possibly a learned borrowing from Chinese 地位 (dìwèi).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ち​い [chíꜜì] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [t͡ɕiː]

Noun

地(ち)位(い) • (chii) ^{←ちゐ (tiwi)?}

1. [from mid-1200s] position in society, social standing, social status
2. [from 1868] the location or site of something

   Synonyms: 場所 (basho), 位置 (ichi)

References

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

Korean

Hanja in this term
地	位

Noun

地位 • (jiwi) (hangeul 지위)

1. Hanja form^? of 지위 (“position”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
地	位

Noun

地位

1. chữ Hán form of địa vị (“position”).