地利

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Chinese

earth; ground; field
earth; ground; field; place; land; (subor. part. adverbial); ‑ly
 
advantage; benefit; profit
advantage; benefit; profit; sharp
 
trad. (地利)
simp. #(地利)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (7) (37)
Final () (15) (15)
Tone (調) Departing (H) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () III III
Fanqie
Baxter dijH lijH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/diɪH/ /liɪH/
Pan
Wuyun
/diH/ /liH/
Shao
Rongfen
/djɪH/ /ljɪH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/diH/ /liH/
Li
Rong
/diH/ /liH/
Wang
Li
/diH/ /liH/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/dʱiH/ /liH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
dei6 lei6
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
Middle
Chinese
‹ dijH › ‹ lijH ›
Old
Chinese
/*ˁej-s/ /*C.ri-s/
English earth, ground sharp; profit

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 14808 7898
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2 1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*l'els/ /*rids/

Noun

地利

  1. geographical advantages; favourable location
  2. land productivity
  3. () A combination 二下 in the Lingqijing.

Derived terms

Adjective

地利

  1. (Guangzhou Cantonese) smooth; without difficulty; favorable; going well

Synonyms