地理

Chinese

		earth; ground; field earth; ground; field; place; land; (subor. part. adverbial); ‑ly	to manage; to heed; to put in order to manage; to heed; to put in order; reason; logic; science; inner principle or structure
trad. (地理)		地	理
simp. ^#(地理)		地	理

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dìlǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄧˋ ㄌㄧˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): dei⁶ lei⁵
Gan (Wiktionary): ti⁵ li³
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): thi-lî

(Meixian, Guangdong): ti⁴ li¹
Eastern Min (BUC): dê-lī
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): tē-lí / tōe-lí

(Teochew, Peng'im): di⁷ li²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dìlǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄧˋ ㄌㄧˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dìlǐ
  - Wade–Giles: ti⁴-li³
  - Yale: dì-lǐ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dihlii
  - Palladius: дили (dili)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti⁵¹ li²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: dei⁶ lei⁵
  - Yale: deih léih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dei⁶ lei⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: déi⁶ léi⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tei̯²² lei̯¹³/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: ti⁵ li³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi¹¹ li²¹³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thi-lî
  - Hakka Romanization System: ti li^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ti⁴ li¹
  - Sinological IPA: /tʰi⁵⁵ li²⁴/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: ti⁴ li¹
  - Sinological IPA: /tʰi⁵³ li⁴⁴/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: dê-lī
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti²⁴²⁻⁵³ l̃i³³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tē-lí
  - Tâi-lô: tē-lí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: dexlie
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /te⁴¹⁻²² li⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /te²²⁻²¹ li⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /te³³⁻²¹ li⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Taipei)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tōe-lí
  - Tâi-lô: tuē-lí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: doexlie
  - IPA (Taipei): /tue³³⁻¹¹ li⁵³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: di⁷ li²
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tī lí
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti¹¹ li⁵²/

Noun

地理

geography
地理信息工程 ― dìlǐ xìnxī gōngchéng ― geographic information engineering
geographical features; topography
(literary) address
(chiefly dialectal Mandarin, Hakka, Min) fengshui
(Classical) terrestrial organization(clarification of this definition is needed)

Synonyms

(address): 地址 (dìzhǐ)
(fengshui): 風水／风水 (fēngshuǐ)

Antonyms

(antonym(s) of “geography”): 天文 (tiānwén)

Adjective

地理

(attributive) geographical
地理位置 ― dìlǐ wèizhì ― geographical location

Derived terms

地理位置 (dìlǐ wèizhì)
地理學／地理学 (dìlǐxué)
地理師／地理师
地理空間／地理空间 (dìlǐkōngjiān)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
地	理
ち Grade: 2	り Grade: 2
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ちり [chíꜜrì] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
IPA^(key): [t͡ɕiɾʲi]

Noun

地(ち)理(り) • (chiri)

geography
abbreviation for 地理学(ちりがく, chirigaku)
geographical features; topography

Related terms

地勢 (ちせい, chisei)

References

^ 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	理

Noun

地理 • (jiri) (hangeul 지리)

hanja form^? of 지리 (“geography”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
地	理

Noun

地理

chữ Hán form of địa lí (“geography”).

[NHK-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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