# 地位
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): dìwèi
    (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧˋ ㄨㄟˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): dei$^6$ wai$^6$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thi-vi
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): tē-ūi / tōe-ūi
    (Teochew, Peng'im): di$^7$ ui$^7$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: dìwèi
*** Zhuyin: ㄉㄧˋ ㄨㄟˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: dìwèi
*** Wade–Giles: ti$^4$-wei$^4$
*** Yale: dì-wèi
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dihwey
*** Palladius: дивэй (divɛj)
*** Sinological IPA : /ti⁵¹⁻⁵³ weɪ̯⁵¹/
*** Homophones: [Show/Hide]$^{edit}$地位 帝位
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: dei$^6$ wai$^6$
*** Yale: deih waih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dei$^6$ wai$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: déi$^6$ wei$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /tei̯²² wɐi̯²²/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thi-vi
*** Hakka Romanization System: ti vi
*** Hagfa Pinyim: ti$^4$ vi$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /tʰi⁵⁵ vi⁵⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Quanzhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tē-ūi
*** Tâi-lô: tē-uī
*** Phofsit Daibuun: dexui
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /te³³⁻²¹ ui³³/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /te⁴¹⁻²² ui⁴¹/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /te²²⁻²¹ ui²²/
** (Hokkien: Taipei)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tōe-ūi
*** Tâi-lô: tuē-uī
*** Phofsit Daibuun: doexui
*** IPA (Taipei): /tue³³⁻¹¹ ui³³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: di$^7$ ui$^7$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tī ūi
*** Sinological IPA : /ti¹¹ ui¹¹/

### Noun

地位
* position (in society, the world, etc.); standing; status (Classifier: 個／个 m)
    支配地位 ― zhīpèi dìwèi ― dominant position; dominance
    國際地位／国际地位 ― guójì dìwèi ― international standing
* location; position; place

#### Synonyms

* (standing): (literary) 地步 (dìbù), (literary, or in compounds) 位 (wèi)
* (location):
* 位 (wèi) (literary, or in compounds)
* 位置 (wèizhì)
* 去處／去处 (qùchù)
* 地場／地场 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
* 地方
* 地點／地点 (dìdiǎn)
* 場地／场地 (chǎngdì)
* 場所／场所 (chǎngsuǒ)
* 定位 (dìngwèi)
* 所在 (suǒzài)
* 所在地 (suǒzàidì)
* 旮旯 (gālá) (dialectal Mandarin)
* 處所／处所 (chùsuǒ)
* 部位 (bùwèi)
* 點基／点基 (dienn$^3$ ji$^1$) (Xiang)

#### Derived terms

* 社會地位／社会地位 (shèhuì dìwèi)

#### Related terms

* 位於／位于 (wèiyú)
* 位置 (wèizhì)
* 位子 (wèizi)

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 地 | 位 |
| ち Grade: 2 | い Grade: 4 |
| kan'on | on'yomi |

### Etymology

Ultimately from Middle Chinese 地位 (MC dijH hwijH). First cited in Japanese to a text from the mid-1200s, so possibly a learned borrowing from Chinese 地位 (dìwèi).

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) ちい [chíꜜì] (Atamadaka – [1])
* IPA: [t͡ɕiː]

### Noun

地(ち)位(い) • (chii)
* [from mid-1200s] position in society, social standing, social status
* [from 1868] the location or site of something
    Synonyms: 場所 (basho), 位置 (ichi)

### References

* ↑ “地位”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* ↑ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* ↑ 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
   * 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 地 | 位 |

### Noun

地位 • (jiwi) (hangeul 지위)
* hanja form of 지위 (“position”)

## Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term :
| 地 | 位 |

### Noun

地位
* chữ Hán form of địa vị (“position”).