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

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• 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 Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thi-lî
    • Hakka Romanization System: ti li´
    • 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

1. geography

   地理信息工程  ―  dìlǐ xìnxī gōngchéng  ―  geographic information engineering

2. geographical features; topography
3. (literary) address
4. (chiefly dialectal Mandarin, Hakka, Min) fengshui
5. (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

1. (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])
• IPA^(key): [t͡ɕiɾʲi]

Noun

地(ち)理(り) • (chiri) 

1. geography

   abbreviation for 地理学(ちりがく, chirigaku)

2. geographical features; topography

Related terms

• 地勢 (ちせい, chisei)

Korean

Hanja in this term
地	理

Noun

地理 • (jiri) (hangeul 지리)

1. Hanja form^? of 지리 (“geography”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
地	理

Noun

地理

1. chữ Hán form of địa lí (“geography”).