要地

Chinese

		important; vital; to want important; vital; to want; to be going to; must; demand; ask; request; coerce	earth; ground; field earth; ground; field; place; land; (subor. part. adverbial); ‑ly
trad. (要地)		要	地
simp. #(要地)		要	地

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yàodì

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄠˋ ㄉㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jiu³ dei⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): iàu-tē / iàu-tōe

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yàodì
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄠˋ ㄉㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yàodì
    • Wade–Giles: yao⁴-ti⁴
    • Yale: yàu-dì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yawdih
    • Palladius: яоди (jaodi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ti⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jiu³ dei⁶
    • Yale: yiu deih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jiu³ dei⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: yiu³ déi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːu̯³³ tei̯²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Quanzhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iàu-tē
    • Tâi-lô: iàu-tē
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iao'de
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /iau²¹⁻⁴¹ te³³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /iau⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ te⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /iau²¹⁻⁵³ te²²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iàu-tōe
    • Tâi-lô: iàu-tuē
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iao'doe
    • IPA (Xiamen): /iau²¹⁻⁵³ tue²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /iau⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tue⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /iau¹¹⁻⁵³ tue³³/

Noun

要地

1. important place; strategic point

Related terms

• 要隘 (yào'ài)
• 要塞 (yàosài)