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More information earth; ground; fieldearth; ground; field; place; land; (subor. part. adverbial); ‑ly, square; quadrilateral; placesquare; quadrilateral; place; region; direction; side; method; way; prescription; power; upright; just ...

Pronunciation 1


Note: diông - contraction.
Note:
  • tē-hng/tōe-hng - colloquial;
  • tē-hong/tōe-hong - literary.

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Noun

地方

  1. (countable, uncountable) place; region; area (Classifier: m;  c)
    一個陌生地方一个陌生地方   yīge mòshēng de dìfang   an unfamiliar place
  2. (countable, uncountable) part; location
    這個地方 [MSC, trad.]
    这个地方 [MSC, simp.]
    Wǒ zhège dìfang yǒu diǎn téng. [Pinyin]
    I've got a pain here (lit.: in this place).
  3. (countable, uncountable) part; aspect; something (about something) (Classifier: m)
  4. (uncountable) empty space; room
    騰出地方腾出地方   téngchū dìfang   to make room
  5. (countable, literary) town crier
  6. (countable, historical) An administrative division of the Republic of China prior to 1949, equivalent to an autonomous region.
Usage notes
  • Unlike Mandarin, 地方 is rarely used in Hokkien. Use 所在 (só͘-chāi) instead.
Synonyms
  • (place):

Pronunciation 2


Note:
  • tē-hng/tōe-hng - colloquial;
  • tē-hong/tōe-hong - literary.

Noun

地方

  1. (uncountable) civilians; civilian jobs; civilian sector
  2. (uncountable) people, officials, services outside a certain nation-wide system or organisation
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Adjective

地方

  1. (attributive) regional; local; outside a certain nation-wide system or organisation
    地方官員地方官员   dìfāng guānyuán   local official
    布袋戲地方戲劇 [Hokkien, trad.]
    布袋戏地方戏剧 [Hokkien, simp.]
    Pò͘-tē-hì sī chi̍t chióng tē-hng hì-kio̍k. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
    Glove puppetry is a kind of regional opera.
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Pronunciation 3


Noun

地方

  1. (Hengyang Xiang) doorstep; sill; threshold
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Sino-Xenic (地方):
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