Zi:地
地 [dì] earth (土地 ‘land/soil’; 地球 ‘earth/globe’; 地图 ‘map’; 地点 ‘place/site’) [de] (adv. part.) -ly (忽地 ‘suddenly’)
2 monosyllabic entries in The ABC Chinese-English Comprehensive Dictionary (namespace Ci):
►²de 地 {A} s.p. (adv.-forming, like English -ly) ‖ hěn kuài ∼ 很快∼ very quickly
►²dì 地 {A} n. ①the earth ②land; soil ③fields ④ground ◆b.f. ①place ►dìfāng 地方 ②position ►¹dìwèi 地位 ③background ④distance ‖ Wǒmen xuéxiào lí zhèr yǒu sān zhàn ∼. 我们学校离这儿有三站∼。 Our school is three bus stops from here.
From 土 (tǔ) ‘earth’ and 也 yě (‘also’) phonetic. The pronunciations have gradually changed so that 地 dì no longer sounds similar to 也 yě.
►references: Guǎngyùn:355.27; Henshall:167; Karlgren:AD223,GSR4b'; Hànyǔ Dà Zìdiǎn:1.420.12; Mathews:6198; Kāngxī Zìdiǎn:224.06; Bǐshùn Guīfàn:023.1.03; EDOC:1
►components: 土也
►Cantonese: deih-
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