地方

Chinese

		earth; ground; field earth; ground; field; place; land; (subor. part. adverbial); ‑ly	square; quadrilateral; place square; quadrilateral; place; region; direction; side; method; way; prescription; power; upright; just
trad. (地方)		地	方
simp. ^#(地方)		地	方

Pronunciation 1

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): dìfang, dìfāng

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄧˋ ˙ㄈㄤ, ㄉㄧˋ ㄈㄤ

(Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): di⁴ fang¹

(Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): дифон (difon, III-I) / дифон (difon, III-0)
Cantonese (Jyutping): dei⁶ fong¹
Gan (Wiktionary): ti⁵ fong
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): thi-fông

(Meixian, Guangdong): ti⁴ fong¹
Jin (Wiktionary): di³ fon² / di³ fon¹
Northern Min (KCR): dī-huó̤ng / dī-hó̤ng / diông
Eastern Min (BUC): dê-huŏng
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): tē-hng / tōe-hng / tē-hong / tōe-hong

(Teochew, Peng'im): di⁷ hng¹
Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ⁶di-faon₁ / ²di₆-faon₁
Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): di⁵ fan

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dìfang
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄧˋ ˙ㄈㄤ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dìfång
  - Wade–Giles: ti⁴-fang⁵
  - Yale: dì-fang
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dih.fang
  - Palladius: дифан (difan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti⁵¹ fɑŋ¹/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (地方兒／地方儿)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dìfangr
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄧˋ ˙ㄈㄤㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dìfångr
  - Wade–Giles: ti⁴-fang⁵-ʼrh
  - Yale: dì-fangr
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dih.fangl
  - Palladius: дифанр (difanr)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti⁵¹ fɑ̃ɻ¹/
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dìfāng
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄧˋ ㄈㄤ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dìfang
  - Wade–Giles: ti⁴-fang¹
  - Yale: dì-fāng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dihfang
  - Palladius: дифан (difan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti⁵¹ fɑŋ⁵⁵/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: di⁴ fang¹
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: difang
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti²¹³ faŋ⁵⁵/
- (Dungan)
  - Cyrillic and Wiktionary: дифон (difon, III-I) / дифон (difon, III-0)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti⁴⁴ fɑŋ²⁴/, /ti⁴⁴ fɑŋ⁰/
  (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: dei⁶ fong¹
  - Yale: deih fōng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dei⁶ fong¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: déi⁶ fong¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tei̯²² fɔːŋ⁵⁵/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: ti⁵ fong
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi¹¹ fɔŋ¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thi-fông
  - Hakka Romanization System: ti fong^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ti⁴ fong¹
  - Sinological IPA: /tʰi⁵⁵ foŋ²⁴/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: ti⁴ fong¹
  - Sinological IPA: /tʰi⁵³ fɔŋ⁴⁴/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: di³ fon² / di³ fon¹
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /ti⁴⁵ fɒ̃⁵³/, /ti⁴⁵ fɒ̃¹¹/
Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: dī-huó̤ng / dī-hó̤ng / diông
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti⁵⁵ xuɔŋ⁵⁴/, /ti⁵⁵ xɔŋ⁵⁴/, /tiɔŋ³³/

Note: diông - contraction.

Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: dê-huŏng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti²⁴²⁻⁵⁵ ^(h-)uoŋ⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Sanxia, Taichung, Singapore)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tē-hng
  - Tâi-lô: tē-hng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: dexhngf
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Singapore): /te²²⁻²¹ hŋ̍⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /te⁴¹⁻²² hŋ̍³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /te³³⁻²¹ hŋ̍⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tōe-hng
  - Tâi-lô: tuē-hng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: doexhngf
  - IPA (Taipei): /tue³³⁻¹¹ hŋ̍⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Yilan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tē-hong
  - Tâi-lô: tē-hong
  - Phofsit Daibuun: dexhofng
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /te⁴¹⁻²² hɔŋ³³/
  - IPA (Yilan): /te³³⁻²¹ hɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /te²²⁻²¹ hɔŋ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tōe-hong
  - Tâi-lô: tuē-hong
  - Phofsit Daibuun: doexhofng
  - IPA (Taipei): /tue³³⁻¹¹ hɔŋ⁴⁴/

Note:

tē-hng/tōe-hng - colloquial;
tē-hong/tōe-hong - literary.

(Teochew)
- Peng'im: di⁷ hng¹
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tī hng
- Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti¹¹ hŋ³³/

Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶di-faon₁
  - MiniDict: di^去 faon^平
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³di-faan₁
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /di²² fɑ̃⁴⁴/
- (Northern: Suzhou)
  - Wugniu: ²di₆-faon₁
  - MiniDict: di^去 faon^平
  - Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /di²² fɑ̃³³/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: di⁵ fan
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti²¹⁻¹¹ ɸan³/

Middle Chinese: dijH pjang

Rime
Character	地	方
Reading #	1/1	2/2
Initial (聲)	定 (7)	幫 (1)
Final (韻)	脂 (15)	陽 (106)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	徒四切	府良切
Baxter	dijH	pjang
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/diɪ^H/	/pʉɐŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/di^H/	/pʷiɐŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/djɪ^H/	/piuɑŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/di^H/	/puaŋ/
Li Rong	/di^H/	/piuaŋ/
Wang Li	/di^H/	/pĭwaŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/dʱi^H/	/piwaŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	dì	fāng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	dei⁶	fong¹

Noun

地方

(countable, uncountable) place; region; area (Classifier: 個／个 m; 笪 c)
一個陌生的地方／一个陌生的地方 ― yīge mòshēng de dìfang ― an unfamiliar place
- 我在蒙自住過五個月，我的家也在那裡住過兩個月。我現在常常想起這個地方，特別是在人事繁忙的時候。蒙自小得好，人少得好。 [MSC, trad.]
  我在蒙自住过五个月，我的家也在那里住过两个月。我现在常常想起这个地方，特别是在人事繁忙的时候。蒙自小得好，人少得好。 [MSC, simp.]
  From: 朱自清 (Zhu Ziqing), 《蒙自雜記》
  Wǒ zài Méngzì zhù guò wǔ ge yuè, wǒ de jiā yě zài nàlǐ zhù guò liǎng ge yuè. Wǒ xiànzài chángcháng xiǎngqǐ zhè ge dìfang, tèbié shì zài rénshì fánmáng de shíhou. Méngzì xiǎo de hǎo, rén shǎo de hǎo. [Pinyin]
  I lived in Mengzi for five months, and my family two months. I often think of the place now, especially when my social life is busy. Mengzi is good because it's small and sparsely populated.
(countable, uncountable) part; location
我這個地方有點疼。 [MSC, trad.]
我这个地方有点疼。 [MSC, simp.]
Wǒ zhège dìfang yǒu diǎn téng. [Pinyin]
I've got a pain here (lit.: in this place).
(countable, uncountable) part; aspect; something (about something) (Classifier: 個／个 m)
- 但這孩子卻也有可敬的地方：他的從容，他的沉默，他的獨斷獨行，他的一去不回頭，都是力的表現，都是強者適者的表現。決不婆婆媽媽的，決不粘粘搭搭的，一針見血，一刀兩斷，這正是白種人之所以為白種人。 [MSC, trad.]
  但这孩子却也有可敬的地方：他的从容，他的沉默，他的独断独行，他的一去不回头，都是力的表现，都是强者适者的表现。决不婆婆妈妈的，决不粘粘搭搭的，一针见血，一刀两断，这正是白种人之所以为白种人。 [MSC, simp.]
  From: 朱自清 (Zhu Ziqing), 《白種人——上帝的驕子》
  Dàn zhè háizi què yě yǒu kějìng de dìfang: tā de cóngróng, tā de chénmò, tā de dúduàndúxíng, tā de yī qù bù huítóu, dōu shì lì de biǎoxiàn, dōu shì qiángzhě shìzhě de biǎoxiàn. Juébù pópomāma de, juébù niánniándādā de, yīzhēnjiànxiě, yīdāoliǎngduàn, zhè zhèngshì báizhǒngrén zhī suǒ yǐ wéi báizhǒngrén. [Pinyin]
  But there was something about the child that could be respected. His leisurely way, his reticence, his arbitrariness, his way of walking ahead without looking back. These were manifestations of his power, the power of the strongest, of the fittest. The child was, by no means, overly careful, or irresolute. The child could hit the nail on the head and make a clean break. The child was a quintessential Caucasian.
(uncountable) empty space; room
騰出地方／腾出地方 ― téngchū dìfang ― to make room
(countable, literary) town crier
(countable, historical) An administrative division of the Republic of China prior to 1949, equivalent to an autonomous region.

Usage notes

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

Synonyms

(place):

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位 (wèi) (literary, or in compounds)
位置 (wèizhì)
去處／去处 (qùchù)
地位 (dìwèi)
地場／地场 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
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)

Dialectal synonyms of 地方 (“place (noun)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		地方
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	地兒, 地方
	Taiwan	地方
	Singapore	地方
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	地界兒, 地兒, 地方
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	地方, 地處
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	地方
Central Plains Mandarin	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	位分
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	地方, 地頭, 塌塌
	Wuhan	落地, 位子
	Guilin	地方
	Guilin (Lingui)	地方
	Pingle	地方
	Liuzhou (Luorong)	地方
	Luzhai	地方
	Nanning (Wuming)	地方
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	落地, 地方
Jianghuai Mandarin	Hefei	場子, 地方
Cantonese	Guangzhou	地方, 埞方, 埞
	Hong Kong	地方, 埞, 埞方
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	地方
	Macau	埞
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	埞, 埞方
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	地方
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	埞, 埞方
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	地方
	Foshan	埞, 埞方
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	地
	Foshan (Shunde)	埞
	Foshan (Sanshui)	埞
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	地方
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	埞, 埞方
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	地方
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	埞
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	埞
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	埞
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	埞
	Taishan	處, 埞方
	Kaiping (Chikan)	處
	Enping (Niujiang)	處
	Heshan (Yayao)	地方
	Dongguan	埞方
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	埞方
	Yangjiang	處所
	Nanning	埞
	Guiping	地方
	Guiping (Jintian)	地方
	Guiping (Jiangkou)	地方, 埞方
	Guiping (Madong)	地方
	Mengshan (Xihe)	埞方
	Guigang (Nanjiang)	地方
	Beiliu (Tangliao)	地方
	Baise	埞方, 埞
	Bobai	地方
	Lingshan	地方
	Pubei	地方
	Qinzhou	埞
	Qinzhou (Xiniujiao)	地方
	Beihai	地方
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	地方
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	地方
	Ningming	埞
	Hengzhou	地方
	Sanya (Yanglan Maihua)	地方
	Singapore (Guangfu)	地方
Gan	Nanchang	落地
	Pengze	位置
	Yanshan	所在
Hakka	Meixian	地方
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	地方
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	地方
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	地方
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	埞
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	埞
	Changting	地方
	Wuping	地方
	Liancheng	地方, 所在
	Liancheng (Peitian)	地方
	Ninghua	壇裡
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	地方
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	地方
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	地方
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	地方
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	地方
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	地方
	Beiliu (Tang'an)	地方
	Mashan (Pianlian)	地方
	Guilin (Xiaojiang, Lingui)	地方
	Singkawang	地方
	Pontianak (Meixian)	地方
	Bangkok (Meixian)	地方
Huizhou	Jixi	許在, 許塊
Jin	Taiyuan	地方
Jin	Datong (Xicetian, Yunzhou)	地方
Northern Min	Jian'ou	地方, 所在
	Songxi	地方
	Zhenghe	所在
	Jianyang	所在
	Wuyishan	地方
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	地方, 所在, 位處
	Fuzhou (Changle)	地方, 位處
	Lianjiang	地方, 塊₂
	Fuqing	位處, 地方
	Pingtan	位處
	Yongtai	地道
	Minqing	地方
	Gutian	塊₂
	Pingnan	位場
	Luoyuan	位處
	Ningde	地方
	Xiapu	地方
	Zherong	所在
	Fuding	所在
	Singapore (Fuqing)	位處
Southern Min	Xiamen	所在
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	所在
	Quanzhou	所在
	Jinjiang	所在
	Nan'an	所在
	Shishi	所在
	Hui'an	所在
	Anxi	所在
	Yongchun	所在
	Dehua	所在
	Zhangzhou	所在
	Zhangzhou (Longhai)	所在
	Zhangzhou (Changtai)	所在
	Hua'an	所在
	Nanjing	所在, 底仔
	Pinghe	所在
	Zhangpu	所在
	Yunxiao	佇位
	Zhao'an	位處
	Dongshan	所在
	Taipei	所在
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	地方, 所在
	Kaohsiung	所在
	Yilan	所在
	Changhua (Lukang)	地方
	Taichung	所在, 地方
	Tainan	所在
	Hsinchu	所在
	Kinmen	所在
	Penghu (Magong)	所在
	Penang (Hokkien)	所在
	Singapore (Hokkien)	所在, 地方
	Manila (Hokkien)	所在
	Longyan	所在
	Zhangping	所在
	Datian	所在
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	地方
	Chaozhou	地方
	Shantou	地方
	Jieyang	地方
	Singapore (Teochew)	地方
	Wenchang	地方
	Qionghai	地方
	Singapore (Hainanese)	地方
Puxian Min	Putian	位處
Puxian Min	Xianyou	位處
Central Min	Yong'an	停場
	Sanming (Sanyuan)	場所
	Sanming (Shaxian)	場所
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	塊₂
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Shajing)	埞
Southern Pinghua	Binyang	地方
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Chaoyang)	地方
	Guilin (Zhuyuan)	地方
	Guilin (Wutong, Lingui)	地方
	Guilin (Liutang, Lingui)	地方
	Lingchuan (Tanxia)	地方
	Lingchuan (Shuangzhou)	地方
	Yangshuo (Jima)	地方
Wu	Shanghai	地方, 場化 dated, 戶蕩 dated
	Shanghai (Chongming)	所在
	Suzhou	場化
	Hangzhou	所塊
	Hangzhou (Yuhang)	地方, 戶蕩
	Ningbo	地方, 塢探, 塢碎 rare, 塢埰, 塢宕, 塢湯
	Wenzhou	地方
Xiang	Changsha	地方
	Xiangxiang	地方
	Shuangfeng	場所, 地方
	Quanzhou	地方
	Guanyang (Wenshi)	地方

Pronunciation 2

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): dìfāng

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄧˋ ㄈㄤ

(Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): di⁴ fang¹
Cantonese (Jyutping): dei⁶ fong¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thi-fông
Eastern Min (BUC): dê-huŏng
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tē-hng / tōe-hng / tē-hong / tōe-hong
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶di-faon

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dìfāng
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄧˋ ㄈㄤ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dìfang
  - Wade–Giles: ti⁴-fang¹
  - Yale: dì-fāng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dihfang
  - Palladius: дифан (difan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti⁵¹ fɑŋ⁵⁵/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: di⁴ fang¹
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: difang
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti²¹³ faŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: dei⁶ fong¹
  - Yale: deih fōng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dei⁶ fong¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: déi⁶ fong¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tei̯²² fɔːŋ⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thi-fông
  - Hakka Romanization System: ti fong^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ti⁴ fong¹
  - Sinological IPA: /tʰi⁵⁵ foŋ²⁴/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: dê-huŏng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti²⁴²⁻⁵⁵ ^(h-)uoŋ⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Sanxia, Taichung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tē-hng
  - Tâi-lô: tē-hng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: dexhngf
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /te²²⁻²¹ hŋ̍⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /te⁴¹⁻²² hŋ̍³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /te³³⁻²¹ hŋ̍⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tōe-hng
  - Tâi-lô: tuē-hng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: doexhngf
  - IPA (Taipei): /tue³³⁻¹¹ hŋ̍⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Yilan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tē-hong
  - Tâi-lô: tē-hong
  - Phofsit Daibuun: dexhofng
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /te⁴¹⁻²² hɔŋ³³/
  - IPA (Yilan): /te³³⁻²¹ hɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /te²²⁻²¹ hɔŋ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tōe-hong
  - Tâi-lô: tuē-hong
  - Phofsit Daibuun: doexhofng
  - IPA (Taipei): /tue³³⁻¹¹ hɔŋ⁴⁴/

Note:

tē-hng/tōe-hng - colloquial;
tē-hong/tōe-hong - literary.

Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶di-faon
  - MiniDict: di^去 faon
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³di-faan
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /di²² fɑ̃⁴⁴/

Noun

地方

(uncountable) civilians; civilian jobs; civilian sector

Antonyms

軍隊／军队 (jūnduì)

Adjective

地方

(attributive) regional; local
地方官員／地方官员 ― dìfāng guānyuán ― local official

布袋戲是一種地方戲劇。 [Hokkien, trad.]
布袋戏是一种地方戏剧。 [Hokkien, simp.]
Pò͘-tē-hì sī chi̍t chióng tē-hng hì-kio̍k. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
Glove puppetry is a kind of regional theatre.

Synonyms

本地 (běndì)
當地／当地 (dāngdì)
(Hokkien) 在地

Derived terms

地方主義／地方主义 (dìfāng zhǔyì)
地方人士 (dìfāng rénshì)
地方保護主義／地方保护主义
地方官 (dìfāngguān)
地方志 (dìfāngzhì)
地方性 (dìfāngxìng)
地方戲／地方戏 (dìfāngxì)
地方政府 (dìfāng zhèngfǔ)
地方時／地方时
地方民族主義／地方民族主义 (dìfāng mínzú zhǔyì)
地方生物誌／地方生物志 (dìfāng shēngwùzhì)
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 (dìfānghuà)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (地方):

→ Japanese: 地方(ちほう) (chihō)
→ Korean: 지방(地方) (jibang)
→ Vietnamese: địa phương (地方)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
地	方
ち Grade: 2	ほう Grade: 2
on'yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 地方 (MC dijH pjang).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ちほー [chíꜜhòò] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
(Tokyo) ちほー [chìhóꜜò] (Nakadaka – [2])^[1]
IPA^(key): [t͡ɕiho̞ː]

Homophone: 痴呆

Noun

地(ち)方(ほう) • (chihō) ^{←ちはう (tifau)^?}

district, province, area

References

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

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
地	方

Noun

地方 • (jibang) (hangeul 지방)

hanja form^? of 지방 (“geographical region”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
地	方

Noun

地方

chữ Hán form of địa phương (“region, area”).

[NHK-1] 1.0 ^1.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

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