大陸

Chinese

Pronunciation

Noun

大陸

1. continent; landmass

   歐亞大陸／欧亚大陆  ―  Ōu Yà dàlù  ―  Eurasia

2. mainland

Synonyms

• (landmass): 大片陸地／大片陆地 (dàpiàn lùdì), 陸地／陆地 (lùdì)

Derived terms

Proper noun

大陸

1. mainland China

   • 發生了大地震，大陸及港、澳、台三地藝人為了救災共襄盛舉，舉辦了多場演唱會。 [MSC, trad.]
     发生了大地震，大陆及港、澳、台三地艺人为了救灾共襄盛举，举办了多场演唱会。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: "499. 共襄盛舉." 500 Common Chinese Idioms: An annotated Frequency Dictionary. Liwei Jiao, Cornelius C. Kubler, and Weiguo Zhang. 2011.

     Fāshēng le dà dìzhèn, Dàlù jí Gǎng, Ào, Tái sān dì yìrén wèile jiùzāi gòngxiāngshèngjǔ, jǔbàn le duō chǎng yǎnchànghuì.

     After the major earthquake, artists from the Mainland, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan all worked together to perform several concerts to collect funds for disaster relief.

   • 而現在
     鄉愁是一灣淺淺的海峽
     我在這頭
     大陸在那頭 [MSC, trad.]
     而现在
     乡愁是一湾浅浅的海峡
     我在这头
     大陆在那头 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1972, 余光中 (Yu Kwang-chung), 鄉愁

     ér xiànzài
     Xiāngchóu shì yī wān qiǎn qiǎn de hǎixiá
     Wǒ zài zhè tóu
     Dàlù zài nà tóu

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Usage notes

In Hong Kong and Macau Cantonese, when describing the action of "going to mainland China", the verb 返 (faan¹, “to return (to)”) is usually used instead of 去 (heoi³, “to go (to)”) even if the speaker was born in Hong Kong or Macau.

Synonyms

• 內地／内地 (nèidì)
• 中國大陸／中国大陆 (Zhōngguó dàlù)
• 中國內地／中国内地 (Zhōngguó nèidì)

Derived terms

See also

• (Taiwanese Hokkien) 阿山 (Āshān)

Descendants

Japanese

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) たいりく (Heiban – )
• IPA^(key):

Noun

大(たい)陸(りく) • (tairiku) 

1. (geology) a continent

   アフリカ大陸(たいりく)

   afurika-tairiku

   the continent of Africa

2. (especially) China

Derived terms

• 亜(あ)大陸(たいりく) (atairiku, “subcontinent”)

Derived terms

• 大陸棚(たいりくだな) (tairiku dana): continental shelf
• 大陸斜面(たいりくしゃめん) (tairiku shamen): continental slope
• 大陸移動(たいりくいどう) (tairiku idō): continental drift
• 大陸国家(たいりくこっか) (tairiku kokka): continental state
• タイリクオオカミ (tairiku ōkami): grey wolf
• 大陸横断鉄道(たいりくおうだんてつどう) (tairiku ōdan tetsudō): transcontinental railroad

References

Korean

Noun

大陸 • (daeryuk) (hangeul 대륙)

1. Hanja form^? of 대륙 (“continent”).

Vietnamese

Noun

大陸

1. chữ Hán form of đại lục (“continent”).