地面

Chinese

		earth; ground; field earth; ground; field; place; land; (subor. part. adverbial); ‑ly	face; side; surface face; side; surface; aspect; top
trad. (地面)		地	面
simp. ^#(地面)		地	面

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): dìmiàn

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄧˋ ㄇㄧㄢˋ

(Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): димян (dimi͡an, III-III)
Cantonese (Jyutping): dei⁶ min^6-2
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thi-mien
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): tē-bīn / tōe-bīn

(Teochew, Peng'im): di⁷ ming⁷

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dìmiàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄧˋ ㄇㄧㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dìmiàn
  - Wade–Giles: ti⁴-mien⁴
  - Yale: dì-myàn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dihmiann
  - Palladius: димянь (dimjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti⁵¹⁻⁵³ mi̯ɛn⁵¹/
- (Dungan)
  - Cyrillic and Wiktionary: димян (dimi͡an, III-III)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti⁴⁴ miæ̃⁴⁴/
  (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: dei⁶ min^6-2
  - Yale: deih mín
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dei⁶ min^6-2
  - Guangdong Romanization: déi⁶ min^6-2
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tei̯²² miːn²²⁻³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thi-mien
  - Hakka Romanization System: ti mien
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ti⁴ mian⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /tʰi⁵⁵ mi̯en⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tē-bīn
  - Tâi-lô: tē-bīn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: dexbin
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /te²²⁻²¹ bin²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /te⁴¹⁻²² bin⁴¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /te³³⁻²¹ bin³³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tōe-bīn
  - Tâi-lô: tuē-bīn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: doexbin
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tue²²⁻²¹ bin²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tue⁴¹⁻²² bin⁴¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tue³³⁻¹¹ bin³³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: di⁷ ming⁷
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tī mīng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti¹¹ miŋ¹¹/

Noun

地面

the ground; the Earth's surface; ground level
地面突擊／地面突击 ― dìmiàn tūjī ― ground combat

地面交通 ― dìmiàn jiāotōng ― ground transportation

地面道路 ― dìmiàn dàolù ― ground-level road
floor (of a building)
(colloquial) area; region; territory
(colloquial) locality

Synonyms

(the ground): 地表 (dìbiǎo)
(floor):

Dialectal synonyms of 地板 (“floor”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		地板, 地面
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	地板, 地面兒
	Taiwan	地板
	Chifeng	地板
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	地板
	Harbin	地板
	Shenyang	地板
	Singapore	地
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	地板
	Tangshan	地板
	Cangzhou	地板
	Baoding	地板
	Shijiazhuang	地板
	Jinan	地板
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Qingdao	地板
Central Plains Mandarin	Zhengzhou	地板
	Xi'an	地板, 腳地
	Xining	地板
	Xuzhou	地板
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	地板
	Lanzhou	地板
	Ürümqi	地板
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	地板
	Chongqing	地板, 樓板
	Wuhan	地板
	Guiyang	地板
	Kunming	地板
	Guilin	地板
	Liuzhou	地板
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	地板
	Yangzhou	地板
	Nantong	地板
	Hefei	地板
Cantonese	Guangzhou	地下, 地
	Hong Kong	地下, 地
	Singapore (Guangfu)	地
Hakka	Meixian	地泥
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	地泥
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	地泥
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	地泥
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	地泥
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	地泥
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	泥下
Huizhou	Shexian	地板
Jin	Taiyuan	地板
	Xinzhou	地板, 地
	Linhe	地板
	Jining	地板
	Hohhot	地板
	Zhangjiakou	地板
	Handan	地板
Southern Min	Xiamen	塗跤
	Quanzhou	塗跤
	Jinjiang	塗跤
	Zhangzhou	塗跤
	Tainan	塗跤
	Penang (Hokkien)	塗跤
	Singapore (Hokkien)	塗跤
	Manila (Hokkien)	塗跤
	Medan (Hokkien)	塗跤
	Chaozhou	塗下
	Jieyang	塗下, 塗跤下
	Haifeng	塗跤
	Singapore (Teochew)	塗下
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	地下

(area):

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一帶 / 一带 (yīdài) (an area and its surrounding regions)
區 / 区
區位 / 区位 (qūwèi)
區域 / 区域 (qūyù)
地區 / 地区 (dìqū)
地域 (dìyù)
地帶 / 地带 (dìdài)
地步 (dìbù) (literary)
地段 (dìduàn)
地界 (dìjiè)
鄉土 / 乡土 (xiāngtǔ)

(locality): 本地 (běndì), 當地／当地 (dāngdì), 地域 (dìyù)

Derived terms

地面站

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (地面):

→ Japanese: 地(じ)面(めん) (jimen)
→ Korean: 지면(地面) (jimyeon)
→ Vietnamese: địa diện (地面)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
地	面
じ Grade: 2	めん Grade: 3
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) じめん [jíꜜmèǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
IPA^(key): [d͡ʑimẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

地(じ)面(めん) • (jimen) ^{←ぢめん (dimen)^?}

ground (surface of the Earth)

References

^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
地	面

Noun

地面 • (jimyeon) (hangeul 지면)

hanja form^? of 지면

[NHK-1] NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

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