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陆地
lù dì



陆地
land


Definitions

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陆地
     1. Simplified form of 陸地
陸地lùdì
     1. n. (geography) dry land; land; landmass
English > Chinese
land
     1. 名词. 地,土地
Components
     1. Simplified form of 陸
     2. (cln, zh, numeral symbols, numerals)
     1. land; continent; mainland
           登陸 - to land; to go ashore
           陸路 - land route
     2. land route; surface transport
     3. Short for 中國大陸 (mainland China)
           陸生 - student from mainland China studying in Taiwan
     4. Short for 陸軍 (army)
           Lu
           陸 游 - Lu You (Southern Song dynasty poet)
     5. (financial) Alternative form of 六 (six)
     1. earth
           天地 - heaven and earth
     2. ground; floor
           水泥 地 - concrete floor
           這 匹 馬 倒 在 地上shang。 - The horse collapsed to the ground.
           銀包 跌 咗 落 地。 - The wallet fell on the ground.
           趴 喺 地dei6-2 - to lie on the floor on one's stomach
     3. land; field
           低地 - lowland
           呢nei1 塊 地 - this plot of land
     4. distance; separation
           車站 離 這 三 里 地。 - The bus stop is three miles away.
     5. farmland; field
           田間 地頭 - farmland
           下地 幹活 - to farm
     6. (only in compounds) area; region
           本地 - local
           殖民地 - colony
     7. place; locality
           地處chǔ - located in
           目的地 - destination
           分居 兩 地 - to live apart in two different places
     8. status; situation; position
           不敗之地 - invincible position
           設身處chǔ地 - put oneself in somebody else’s position
     9. (only in compounds) state of mind
           心地 - mind
           見地 - perspective, opinion
     10. place; room; space
           家 裡 沒 地兒r 了 - There is no room in my home (for that).
     11. background (behind a text or figure)
           (zh-co, 白地黑字, black characters on a white background)
     12. (only in compounds) Short for 地球 (Earth)
           地 日 距離 - Earth–Sun distance
           類 地 行星 - terrestrial planet
     13. (Hakka) grave; tomb
           蛤gé地 站 - Gedi station (蛤地 means "frog-shaped tomb")
     14. (Mainland China) prefecture
           地級市 - prefecture-level city
     15. (chiefly Mandarin) (Particle indicating the preceding word is used as an adverb.)
           (zh-alt-inline, 的, 底 obsolete, c=1)
           很 快 地de - very quickly
           一個 一 歲 模樣 的 孩子zi 向 我們 蹣跚 地de 走來。 - A roughly one-year-old child came staggering towards us.
           佢 偷偷 地dei6-2 走 咗 喇。 - He secretly left.
           你 靜靜zing6-2 地dei6-2 坐 喺度 喇 吓。 - Sit here quietly, OK?
     16. (Cantonese) (Placed after a reduplicated adjective or stative verb to lessen its intensity.)
           紅 紅hung4-2 地dei6-2 - kind of red
           薄 薄bok6-2 地dei6-2 - kind of thin
           驚 驚 地dei6-2 - to be kind of scared
           矮 矮 地dei6-2 - kind of short
     17. =====Usage notes=====
     18. (Hokkien, Teochew) Alternative form of 塊 (-, t=place)
     19. (Taiwanese Hokkien) Alternative form of 塊 (-, t=home)
     20. Variant of 哋
     1. (Cantonese, Pinghua) (Plural marker for pronouns.)
           我哋 - we; us
     2. (Cantonese) (zh-only used in, 爹哋, daddy, tr=-)
     3. (Cantonese) Alternative form of 地 (-, t=(placed after a reduplicated adjective or stative verb to lessen its intensity.))
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