地步

Chinese

		earth; ground; field earth; ground; field; place; land; (subor. part. adverbial); ‑ly	a step; a pace; walk a step; a pace; walk; march; stages in a process
trad. (地步)		地	步
simp. #(地步)		地	步

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dìbù

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧˋ ㄅㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dei⁶ bou⁶

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thi-phu
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tē-pō͘ / tōe-pō͘

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dìbù
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧˋ ㄅㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dìbù
    • Wade–Giles: ti⁴-pu⁴
    • Yale: dì-bù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dihbuh
    • Palladius: дибу (dibu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: dei⁶ bou⁶
    • Yale: deih bouh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dei⁶ bou⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: déi⁶ bou⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tei̯²² pou̯²²/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 地埗 地步

• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thi-phu
    • Hakka Romanization System: ti pu
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ti⁴ pu⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰi⁵⁵ pʰu⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tē-pō͘
    • Tâi-lô: tē-pōo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dexpo
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /te²²⁻²¹ pɔ²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /te⁴¹⁻²² pɔ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /te³³⁻²¹ pɔ³³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tōe-pō͘
    • Tâi-lô: tuē-pōo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: doexpo
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tue²²⁻²¹ pɔ²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tue⁴¹⁻²² pɔ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tue³³⁻¹¹ pɔ³³/

Noun

地步

1. situation; plight

   這事情怎麼會搞到這種地步？ [MSC, trad.]
   这事情怎么会搞到这种地步？ [MSC, simp.]

   Zhè shìqíng zěnme huì gǎo dào zhè zhǒng dìbù? [Pinyin]

   How did this matter end up like this?

2. degree; extent
3. (literary) leeway; room (for negotiation, to maneuver, etc.); latitude; margin; space
4. (literary) location; sector; section
5. (literary) position (in society, the world, etc.); standing; status

Synonyms

• (situation):

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• 危境 (wēijìng)
• 厄 (literary, or in compounds)
• 困厄 (kùn'è) (literary)
• 困境 (kùnjìng)
• 時艱 / 时艰 (shíjiān) (difficult times at present)
• 溝壑 / 沟壑 (gōuhè) (literary)
• 畏景 (wèijǐng) (literary, figurative)
• 處境 / 处境 (chǔjìng)
• 逆境 (nìjìng)

 

• (degree):

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• 份 (fèn)
• 境界 (jìngjiè)
• 水平 (shuǐpíng)
• 水準 / 水准 (shuǐzhǔn)
• 程度 (chéngdù)
• 高度 (gāodù)

 

• (leeway):

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• 後步 / 后步 (hòubù)
• 後路 / 后路 (hòulù) (figurative)
• 退步 (tuìbù)
• 退路 (tuìlù) (figurative)
• 餘地 / 余地 (yúdì) (literal and figurative)

 

• (location):

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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)
• 地段 (dìduàn)
• 地界 (dìjiè)
• 地面 (dìmiàn) (colloquial)
• 鄉土 / 乡土 (xiāngtǔ)

 

• (position): 地位 (dìwèi), (literary, or in compounds) 位 (wèi)