地文

Chinese

		earth; ground; field earth; ground; field; place; land; (subor. part. adverbial); ‑ly	language; culture; writing language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle
trad. (地文)		地	文
simp. #(地文)		地	文

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dìwén

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧˋ ㄨㄣˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dìwén
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧˋ ㄨㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dìwún
    • Wade–Giles: ti⁴-wên²
    • Yale: dì-wén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dihwen
    • Palladius: дивэнь (divɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti⁵¹ wən³⁵/

Noun

地文

1. (literary) topography; terrain
2. (traditional Chinese medicine) rhizome of the Pinellia

Synonyms

• (topography):

• 地形 (dìxíng)
• 地貌 (dìmào)
• 形勢／形势 (xíngshì)

 

• (rhizome of the Pinellia):

• 三步跳 (sānbùtiào) (regional)
• 三葉半夏／三叶半夏 (sānyèbànxià) (regional)
• 半夏 (bànxià)
• 地慈姑 (dìcígū)
• 地鷓鴣／地鹧鸪 (dìzhègū)
• 守田 (shǒutián) (literary)
• 止葉老／止叶老 (zhǐyèlǎo)
• 無心菜／无心菜 (wúxīncài)
• 燕子尾 (yànziwěi)
• 田裡心／田里心 (tiánlǐxīn)
• 麻芋果 (máyùguǒ) (regional)

 

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
地	文
ち Grade: 2	もん Grade: 1
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t͡ɕimõ̞ɴ]

Noun

地(ち)文(もん) • (chimon) 

1. physical geography
2. clipping of 地文学 (chimongaku, “the study of physical geography”).

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
地	文
ち Grade: 2	ぶん Grade: 1
kan’on

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t͡ɕibɯ̟̃ᵝɴ]

Noun

地(ち)文(ぶん) • (chibun) 

1. physical geography
2. clipping of 地文学 (chibungaku, “the study of physical geography”).
3. (botany) the crow-dipper, Pinellia ternata

   Synonyms: 半夏 (hange), 烏柄杓 (karasubishaku)

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
地	文
じ Grade: 2	もん Grade: 1
goon

For pronunciation and definitions of 地文 – see the following entry.

【地紋じもん】 [noun] (textiles) a pattern, a woven pattern

(This term, 地文, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)