地利

Chinese

		earth; ground; field earth; ground; field; place; land; (subor. part. adverbial); ‑ly	advantage; benefit; profit advantage; benefit; profit; sharp
trad. (地利)		地	利
simp. #(地利)		地	利

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dìlì

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧˋ ㄌㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dei⁶ lei⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tē-lī / tōe-lī

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dìlì
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧˋ ㄌㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dìlì
    • Wade–Giles: ti⁴-li⁴
    • Yale: dì-lì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dihlih
    • Palladius: дили (dili)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti⁵¹⁻⁵³ li⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 地利 地力 地栗 帝力

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dei⁶ lei⁶
    • Yale: deih leih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dei⁶ lei⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: déi⁶ léi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tei̯²² lei̯²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tē-lī
    • Tâi-lô: tē-lī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dexli
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /te³³⁻²¹ li³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /te²²⁻²¹ li²²/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tōe-lī
    • Tâi-lô: tuē-lī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: doexli
    • IPA (Taipei): /tue³³⁻¹¹ li³³/

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• Middle Chinese: dijH lijH

Rime
Character	地	利
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	定 (7)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	脂 (15)	脂 (15)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	徒四切	力至切
Baxter	dijH	lijH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/diɪH/	/liɪH/
Pan Wuyun	/diH/	/liH/
Shao Rongfen	/djɪH/	/ljɪH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/diH/	/liH/
Li Rong	/diH/	/liH/
Wang Li	/diH/	/liH/
Bernard Karlgren	/dʱiH/	/liH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	dì	lì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	dei6	lei6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[l]ˤej-s  C.ri[t]-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*l'els  rids/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	地	利
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	dì	lì
Middle Chinese	‹ dijH ›	‹ lijH ›
Old Chinese	/*[l]ˁej-s/	/*C.ri[t]-s/
English	earth, ground	sharp; profit
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	地	利
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	14808	7898
Phonetic component	也	利
Rime group	歌	至
Rime subdivision	2	1
Corresponding MC rime	地	利
Old Chinese	/*l'els/	/*rids/

Noun

地利

1. geographical advantages; favourable location
2. land productivity
3. (～卦) A combination 二下 in the Lingqijing.

Derived terms

• 地利之便
• 地利人和
• 天時不如地利，地利不如人和／天时不如地利，地利不如人和
• 天時地利／天时地利
• 天時地利人和／天时地利人和 (tiānshí dìlì rénhé)

 

Adjective

地利

1. (Guangzhou Cantonese) smooth; without difficulty; favorable; going well

Synonyms

• 亨通 (hēngtōng)
• 順利／顺利 (shùnlì)
• 順序／顺序 (shùnxù) (literary)
• 順當／顺当 (shùndang)
• 順遂／顺遂 (shùnsuì)