The Chinese word for geography is
地理

dì lǐ

Chinese Definition

geography
1. 地理
Components
地
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)
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.)
(Alternative form 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
理
1. (obsolete) to cut and polish jade
2. to put in order; to tidy up
整理 (zhěnglǐ) - to tidy
把頭髮理一理 (bǎ tóufà lǐ yī lǐ) - to get a haircut
3. to manage; to run; to handle
理財 (lǐcái) - to manage money matters
4. (usually in negative) to pay attention to; to care about
他們不理我。 (Tāmen bù lǐ wǒ.) - They are ignoring me.
佢連自己個仔都唔理。 - He doesn't care about even his own son.
5. (Cantonese) to concern oneself with; to interfere with
Synonyms: cmn:管
6. texture; grain (of wood)
肌理 (jīlǐ) - skin texture
7. reason; logic; truth; science
真理 (zhēnlǐ) - truth
講理 (jiǎnglǐ) - to be reasonable
8. natural science
理科 (lǐkē) - the sciences
數理化 (shùlǐhuà) - mathematics, physics and chemistry
9. (obsolete) envoy; jail-official; matchmaker