餘地

See also: 余地

Chinese

		remainder	earth; ground; field earth; ground; field; place; land; (subor. part. adverbial); ‑ly
trad. (餘地)		餘	地
simp. (余地)		余	地

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yúdì

(Zhuyin): ㄩˊ ㄉㄧˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jyu⁴ dei⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): û-tōe / îr-tōe / î-tē / û-tē / îr-tē / î-tōe

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yúdì
  - Zhuyin: ㄩˊ ㄉㄧˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yúdì
  - Wade–Giles: yü²-ti⁴
  - Yale: yú-dì
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yudih
  - Palladius: юйди (jujdi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /y³⁵ ti⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jyu⁴ dei⁶
  - Yale: yùh deih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jy⁴ dei⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: yu⁴ déi⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyː²¹ tei̯²²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: û-tōe
  - Tâi-lô: û-tuē
  - Phofsit Daibuun: u'doe
  - IPA (Taipei): /u²⁴⁻¹¹ tue³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /u²⁴⁻²² tue²²/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: îr-tōe
  - Tâi-lô: îr-tuē
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɯ²⁴⁻²² tue⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: î-tē
  - Tâi-lô: î-tē
  - Phofsit Daibuun: i'de
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /i²³⁻³³ te³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /i¹³⁻²² te²²/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Kaohsiung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: û-tē
  - Tâi-lô: û-tē
  - Phofsit Daibuun: u'de
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /u²³⁻³³ te³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /u²⁴⁻²² te²²/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: îr-tē
  - Tâi-lô: îr-tē
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɯ²⁴⁻²² te⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: î-tōe
  - Tâi-lô: î-tuē
  - Phofsit Daibuun: i'doe
  - IPA (Taipei): /i²⁴⁻¹¹ tue³³/

Noun

餘地

(literally) additional space; spare room; (figuratively) leeway; room (for negotiation, to maneuver, etc.); latitude; margin; space
- 2005, 郭之儀, “無緣的牽掛”, in 愛情衝衝衝, performed by 陳雷 [Chen Lei]:
  
  咱兩人猶原無挽回的餘地 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
  咱两人犹原无挽回的余地 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]
  lán nn̄g lâng iû-goân bô bán-hôe ê î-tē [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
  The two of us still do not have any room for salvaging

Synonyms

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地步 (dìbù) (literary)
後步 / 后步 (hòubù)
後路 / 后路 (hòulù) (figurative)
退步 (tuìbù)
退路 (tuìlù) (figurative)

Derived terms

不留餘地 / 不留余地 (bùliúyúdì)
留有餘地 / 留有余地
留餘地 / 留余地

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (餘地):

→ Japanese: 余地(よち) (yochi)
→ Korean: 여지(餘地) (yeoji)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
餘	地
よ Hyōgai	ち Grade: 2
on'yomi	kan'on

For pronunciation and definitions of 餘地 – see the following entry.

【余地よち】

[noun] (literally) room, margin, space, vacant

[noun] (figuratively) leeway; room

(This term, 餘地, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term
餘	地

Noun

餘地 • (yeoji) (hangeul 여지)

hanja form^? of 여지 (“room; margin; scope; leeway”)