地支

Chinese

		earth; ground; field earth; ground; field; place; land; (subor. part. adverbial); ‑ly	(a measure word); to support; to sustain (a measure word); to support; to sustain; to erect; to raise; branch; division; to draw money
trad. (地支)		地	支
simp. #(地支)		地	支

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dìzhī

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧˋ ㄓ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dei⁶ zi¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thi-kî
• Jin (Wiktionary): di³ zi¹
• Eastern Min (BUC): dê-ciĕ
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tē-chi / tōe-chi / tē-ki
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁶di-tsy

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dìzhī
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧˋ ㄓ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dìjhih
    • Wade–Giles: ti⁴-chih¹
    • Yale: dì-jr̄
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dihjy
    • Palladius: дичжи (dičži)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dei⁶ zi¹
    • Yale: deih jī
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dei⁶ dzi¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: déi⁶ ji¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tei̯²² t͡siː⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thi-kî
    • Hakka Romanization System: ti gi´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ti⁴ gi¹
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰi⁵⁵ ki²⁴/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: di³ zi¹
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /ti⁴⁵ t͡sz̩¹¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: dê-ciĕ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti²⁴²⁻⁵⁵ ^(t͡s-)ʒie⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tē-chi
    • Tâi-lô: tē-tsi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dexcy
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /te²²⁻²¹ t͡si⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /te⁴¹⁻²² t͡si³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /te³³⁻²¹ t͡si⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tōe-chi
    • Tâi-lô: tuē-tsi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: doexcy
    • IPA (Taipei): /tue³³⁻¹¹ t͡si⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tē-ki
    • Tâi-lô: tē-ki
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dexky
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /te⁴¹⁻²² ki³³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁶di-tsy
    • MiniDict: di^去 tsy
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³di-tsr
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /di²² t͡sz̩⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: dijH tsye

Rime
Character	地	支
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	定 (7)	章 (23)
Final (韻)	脂 (15)	支 (11)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	徒四切	章移切
Baxter	dijH	tsye
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/diɪH/	/t͡ɕiᴇ/
Pan Wuyun	/diH/	/t͡ɕiɛ/
Shao Rongfen	/djɪH/	/t͡ɕjɛ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/diH/	/ciə̆/
Li Rong	/diH/	/t͡ɕie/
Wang Li	/diH/	/t͡ɕǐe/
Bernard Karlgren	/dʱiH/	/t͡ɕie̯/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	dì	zhī
Expected Cantonese Reflex	dei6	zi1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[l]ˤej-s  ke/

  (Zhengzhang): /*l'els  kje/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	地	支	支
Reading #	1/1	1/2	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	dì	zhī	zhī
Middle Chinese	‹ dijH ›	‹ tsye ›	‹ tsye ›
Old Chinese	/*[l]ˁej-s/	/*ke/	/*ke/
English	earth, ground	support, hold up	branch (of tree), limb
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	支
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	14808	17200
Phonetic component	也	支
Rime group	歌	支
Rime subdivision	2	0
Corresponding MC rime	地	支
Old Chinese	/*l'els/	/*kje/

Noun

地支

1. An earthly branch: one of the twelve terms used in East Asian cultures to represent
   1. (historical astronomy) The (approximately) twelve years of Jupiter's orbital period, forming the Chinese zodiac and personified as twelve or sixty gods known as Tai Sui.
   2. (astrology) The twelve animals representing the Chinese zodiac, particularly as a birthyear.
   3. (obsolete) The twelve months of the Chinese lunar year.
   4. (historical navigation) The twelve bearings of traditional Chinese navigation, comprising 30° divisions of the compass beginning with due north.
   5. (historical astronomy) The duodecimal divisions of the Chinese seasons, beginning with the second of the three divisions of winter.
   6. (historical chronometry) The duodecimal divisions of the day into "Chinese" or "double hours", beginning with 11 pm.
   7. (historical chronometry) The exact time at the middle of a "Chinese" or "double hour", beginning with midnight.
2. The twelve earthly branches as a whole.

Synonyms

• (as a set): 十二支 (shí'èrzhī)
• (as a double hour): 時／时 (shí)

Hyponyms

• 子 (zǐ)   鼠 (shǔ, “rat”)   十一月 (shíyīyuè) or 冬月 (Dōngyuè) &c.
• 丑 (chǒu)   牛 (niú, “ox; cow”)   十二月 (shí'èryuè)
• 寅 (yín)   虎 (hǔ, “tiger”)   正月 (zhēngyuè) or 元月 (Yuányuè) or 一月 (yīyuè) &c.
• 卯 (mǎo)   兔 (tù, “rabbit”)   二月 (èryuè) or 杏月 (Xìngyuè) &c.
• 辰 (chén)   龍／龙 (lóng, “Chinese dragon”)   三月 (sānyuè) or 桃月 (Táoyuè) &c.
• 巳 (sì)   蛇 (shé, “snake”)   四月 (sìyuè) or 梅月 (Méiyuè) &c.
• 午 (wǔ)   馬／马 (mǎ, “horse”)   五月 (wǔyuè) or 榴月 (Liúyuè) &c.
• 未 (wèi)   羊 (yáng, “goat”)   六月 (liùyuè) or 荷月 (Héyuè) &c.
• 申 (shēn)   猴 (hóu, “monkey”)   七月 (qīyuè) or 蘭月／兰月 (Lányuè) &c.
• 酉 (yǒu)   雞／鸡 (jī, “rooster; chicken”)   八月 (bāyuè) or 桂月 (Guìyuè) &c.
• 戌 (xū)   狗 (gǒu, “dog”)   九月 (jiǔyuè) or 菊月 (Júyuè) &c.
• 亥 (hài)   豬／猪 (zhū, “pig”)   十月 (shíyuè) or 良月 (Liángyuè) &c.

Derived terms

• 十二支 (shí'èrzhī)
• 干支 (gānzhī)

 

See also

• 天干 (tiāngān)
• 干支 (gānzhī)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
地	支
ち Grade: 2	し Grade: 5
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t͡ɕiɕi]

Noun

地(ち)支(し) • (chishi) 

1. earthly branch

Korean

Hanja in this term
地	支

Noun

地支 • (jiji) (hangeul 지지)

1. Hanja form^? of 지지 (“earthly branch”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
地	支

Noun

地支

1. chữ Hán form of địa chi (“earthly branch”).