# 地理
## Chinese
### Etymology

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Originally meant literally, “[definite] arrangement[s] of the earth”; attested earliest in the first part of Xici (繫辭上) commentary to the Classic of Changes:
* 仰以觀於天文，俯以察於地理，…… [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]仰以观于天文，俯以察于地理，…… [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]From: I Ching, 11th – 8th century BCE, translated based on James Legge's versionyǎng yǐ guān yú tiānwén, fǔ yǐ chá yú dìlǐ,...... [Pinyin](The sage), in accordance with (the Yi), looking up, contemplates the brilliant phenomena of the heavens, and, looking down, examines the definite arrangements of the earth; [...]

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): dìlǐ
    (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧˋ ㄌㄧˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): dei$^6$ lei$^5$
* Gan (Wiktionary): ti$^5$ li$^3$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): thi-lî
    (Hailu, HRS): ti$^˖$ li$^ˋ$
    (Meixian, Guangdong): ti$^4$ li$^1$
* Eastern Min (BUC): dê-lī
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): de$^5$ li$^3$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): tē-lí / tōe-lí
    (Teochew, Peng'im): di$^7$ li$^2$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: dìlǐ
*** Zhuyin: ㄉㄧˋ ㄌㄧˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: dìlǐ
*** Wade–Giles: ti$^4$-li$^3$
*** Yale: dì-lǐ
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dihlii
*** Palladius: дили (dili)
*** Sinological IPA : /ti⁵¹ li²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: dei$^6$ lei$^5$
*** Yale: deih léih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dei$^6$ lei$^5$
*** Guangdong Romanization: déi$^6$ léi$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /tei̯²² lei̯¹³/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: ti$^5$ li$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰi¹¹ li²¹³/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thi-lî
*** Hakka Romanization System: ti li$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: ti$^4$ li$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /tʰi⁵⁵ li²⁴/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: ti$^˖$ li$^ˋ$
*** Sinological IPA: /tʰi³³ li⁵³/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: ti$^4$ li$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /tʰi⁵³ li⁴⁴/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: dê-lī
*** Sinological IPA : /ti²⁴²⁻⁵³ l̃i³³/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: de$^5$ li$^3$
*** Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: dā̤-lî
*** Sinological IPA : /te²¹ li⁴⁵³/
** (Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: de$^5$ li$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /te²¹ li³³²/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tē-lí
*** Tâi-lô: tē-lí
*** Phofsit Daibuun: dexlie
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /te⁴¹⁻²² li⁵⁵⁴/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /te²²⁻²¹ li⁵³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /te³³⁻²¹ li⁴¹/
** (Hokkien: Taipei)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tōe-lí
*** Tâi-lô: tuē-lí
*** Phofsit Daibuun: doexlie
*** IPA (Taipei): /tue³³⁻¹¹ li⁵³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: di$^7$ li$^2$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tī lí
*** Sinological IPA : /ti¹¹ li⁵²/

### Noun

地理
* geography
    地理信息工程 ― dìlǐ xìnxī gōngchéng ― geographic information engineering
* geographical features; topography
* (literary) address
* (chiefly dialectal Mandarin, Hakka, Min) feng shui
* (Classical) terrestrial organization(clarification of this definition is needed)

#### Synonyms

* (address): 地址 (dìzhǐ)
* (feng shui):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 風水, 堪輿 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 風水 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 風水 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 風水 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 風水 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 風水 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 風水 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 風水 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 風水 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 風水 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 風水, 地理 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 風水, 地理 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 風水, 地理 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 風水, 地理 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 風水, 地理 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Zhuolan; Raoping) | 風水, 地理 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 風水, 地理 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 風水 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 風水, 地理 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 風水 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 風水 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 風水 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 風水, 地理 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 風水 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 風水 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 地理 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 風水 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 風水 |
| Wu | Danyang | 風水 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 風水 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 風水 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 風水 |

#### Antonyms

* (antonym(s) of “geography”): 天文 (tiānwén)

### Adjective

地理
* (attributive) geographical
    地理位置 ― dìlǐ wèizhì ― geographical location

### Derived terms

* 地理位置 (dìlǐ wèizhì)
* 地理學 / 地理学 (dìlǐxué)
* 地理師 / 地理师
* 地理空間 / 地理空间 (dìlǐkōngjiān)

### References

* ↑ Ulrich Theobald (2010 July 8) “Geographies (dili lei 地理類)”, in Chinaknowledge‎

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 地 | 理 |
| ち Grade: 2 | り Grade: 2 |
| on'yomi ||

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) ちり [chíꜜrì] (Atamadaka –)
* IPA: [t͡ɕiɾʲi]

### Noun

地(ち)理(り) • (chiri)
* geography
    abbreviation for 地理学(ちりがく, chirigaku)
* geographical features; topography

#### Related terms

* 地勢 (ちせい, chisei)

### References

* ↑ 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

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 地 | 理 |

### Noun

地理 • (jiri) (hangeul 지리)
* hanja form of 지리 (“geography”)

## Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term :
| 地 | 理 |

### Noun

地理
* chữ Hán form of địa lí (“geography”).