地塊

Chinese

		earth; ground; field earth; ground; field; place; land; (subor. part. adverbial); ‑ly	piece; chunk; lump piece; chunk; lump; (a measure word, for cloth, cake, soap); (measure word for chunks, lumps); yuan (unit of currency); fast (of a watch); swift; rapid; happy; joyful; soon; quick
trad. (地塊)		地	塊
simp. (地块)		地	块

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dìkuài

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧˋ ㄎㄨㄞˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dei⁶ faai³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dìkuài
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧˋ ㄎㄨㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dìkuài
    • Wade–Giles: ti⁴-kʻuai⁴
    • Yale: dì-kwài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dihkuay
    • Palladius: дикуай (dikuaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti⁵¹⁻⁵³ kʰu̯aɪ̯⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dìkuàir
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧˋ ㄎㄨㄞˋㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dìkuàir
    • Wade–Giles: ti⁴-kʻuai⁴-ʼrh
    • Yale: dì-kwàir
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dihkuall
    • Palladius: дикуайр (dikuajr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti⁵¹⁻⁵³ kʰu̯ɑɻ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dei⁶ faai³
    • Yale: deih faai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dei⁶ faai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: déi⁶ fai³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tei̯²² faːi̯³³/

Noun

地塊

1. (geography) plot; parcel

   收回地塊／收回地块  ―  shōuhuí dìkuài  ―  to reclaim a plot

2. (geology) massif

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): di⁷ go³

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• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: di⁷ go³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tī kò
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti¹¹ ko²¹³/

Pronoun

地塊

1. (Teochew) Alternative form of 底塊 / 底块 (“where”)