# 生地
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): shēngdì
    (Zhuyin): ㄕㄥ ㄉㄧˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): saang$^1$ dei$^6$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sng-tē / seng-tē
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: shēngdì
*** Zhuyin: ㄕㄥ ㄉㄧˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: shengdì
*** Wade–Giles: shêng$^1$-ti$^4$
*** Yale: shēng-dì
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shengdih
*** Palladius: шэнди (šɛndi)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ ti⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: saang$^1$ dei$^6$
*** Yale: sāang deih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: saang$^1$ dei$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: sang$^1$ déi$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /saːŋ⁵⁵ tei̯²²/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sng-tē
*** Tâi-lô: sng-tē
*** Phofsit Daibuun: sngde
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /sŋ̍³³ te⁴¹/
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: seng-tē
*** Tâi-lô: sing-tē
*** Phofsit Daibuun: sengde
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² te²²/
*** IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ te³³/

### Noun

生地
* Rehmannia glutinosa
* virgin soil; uncultivated land
* birthplace

#### Synonyms

* 生地黃／生地黄 (shēngdìhuáng)

## Japanese
### Etymology 1

Kanji in this term :
| 生 | 地 |
| き Grade: 1 | じ Grade: 2 |
| yutōyomi ||
Compound of 生 (ki, “crude, pure, raw”) +‎ 地 (ji, “earth; skin”).

#### Alternative forms

* 木地, 素地

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) きじ [kíꜜjì] (Atamadaka –)
* IPA: [kʲiʑi]

#### Noun

生(き)地(じ) • (kiji)
* cloth, fabric
* skin without any makeup applied
* batter, dough
* (ceramics) a biscuit, bisque
* one's true colours or character

##### Derived terms

* 生地(きじ)土(つち) (kijitsuchi)
* 生地(きじ)物(もの) (kijimono)
* 紙(かみ)生地(きじ) (kamikiji)
* 白(しろ)生地(きじ) (shirokiji)

##### Idioms

* 生地(きじ)が出(で)る (kiji ga deru)

#### Proper noun

生(き)地(じ) • (Kiji)
* a surname

### Etymology 2

Kanji in this term :
| 生 | 地 |
| せい Grade: 1 | ち Grade: 2 |
| kan'on ||
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) せーち [séꜜèchì] (Atamadaka – [1])
* IPA: [se̞ːt͡ɕi]

#### Noun

生(せい)地(ち) • (seichi)
* birthplace; place where one was born
* place where one can survive

##### Antonyms

* 死地(しち) (shichi) : deathplace; place to die
* 歿地(ぼっち) (botchi) : deathplace; place where one died

##### Derived terms

* 生(せい)地(ち)主義(しゅぎ) (seichi shugi)

### Etymology 3

Kanji in this term :
| 生 | 地 |
| Grade: 1 | じ Grade: 2 |
| irregular | goon |
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [õ̞ɲ̟d͡ʑi]

#### Proper noun

生地(おんじ) or 生地(おんぢ) • (Onji)
* Short for 生地氏 (Onji-uji): a Nanboku-chō period clan descended from Sakanoue no Tamuramaro

### Etymology 4

Kanji in this term :
| 生 | 地 |
| お(い) Grade: 1 | じ Grade: 2 |
| yutōyomi ||
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [o̞iʑi]

#### Proper noun

生(おい)地(じ) • (Oiji)
* a surname

### Etymology 5

Kanji in this term :
| 生 | 地 |
| い(く) Grade: 1 | じ Grade: 2 |
| yutōyomi ||
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

#### Proper noun

生(いく)地(じ) • (Ikuji)
* a placename
* a surname

### References

* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN