# 地方
## Chinese
### Pronunciation 1

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): dìfang, dìfāng
       (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧˋ ˙ㄈㄤ, ㄉㄧˋ ㄈㄤ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): di$^4$ fang$^1$
    (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): дифон (difon, III-I) / дифон (difon, III-0)
* Cantonese (Jyutping): dei$^6$ fong$^1$
* Gan (Wiktionary): ti$^5$ fong
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): thi-fông
    (Hailu, HRS): ti$^˖$ fong$^ˋ$
    (Meixian, Guangdong): ti$^4$ fong$^1$
* Jin (Wiktionary): di$^3$ fon$^2$ / di$^3$ fon$^1$
* Northern Min (KCR): dī-huó̤ng / dī-hó̤ng / diông
* Eastern Min (BUC): dê-huŏng
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): de$^5$ horng$^1$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): tē-hng / tōe-hng / tē-hong / tōe-hong
    (Teochew, Peng'im): di$^7$ hng$^1$
* Wu (Northern, Wugniu): $^6$di-faon$_1$ / $^2$di$_6$-faon$_1$
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): di$^5$ fan
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: dìfang
*** Zhuyin: ㄉㄧˋ ˙ㄈㄤ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: dìfång
*** Wade–Giles: ti$^4$-fang$^5$
*** Yale: dì-fang
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dih.fang
*** Palladius: дифан (difan)
*** Sinological IPA : /ti⁵¹ fɑŋ¹/
** (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (地方兒 / 地方儿)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: dìfangr
*** Zhuyin: ㄉㄧˋ ˙ㄈㄤㄦ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: dìfångr
*** Wade–Giles: ti$^4$-fang$^5$-ʼrh
*** Yale: dì-fangr
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dih.fangl
*** Palladius: дифанр (difanr)
*** Sinological IPA : /ti⁵¹ fɑ̃ɻ¹/
** (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: dìfāng
*** Zhuyin: ㄉㄧˋ ㄈㄤ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: dìfang
*** Wade–Giles: ti$^4$-fang$^1$
*** Yale: dì-fāng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dihfang
*** Palladius: дифан (difan)
*** Sinological IPA : /ti⁵¹ fɑŋ⁵⁵/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: di$^4$ fang$^1$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: difang
*** Sinological IPA : /ti²¹³ faŋ⁵⁵/
** (Dungan)
*** Cyrillic and Wiktionary: дифон (difon, III-I) / дифон (difon, III-0)
*** Sinological IPA : /ti⁴⁴ fɑŋ²⁴/, /ti⁴⁴ fɑŋ⁰/
    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: dei$^6$ fong$^1$
*** Yale: deih fōng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dei$^6$ fong$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: déi$^6$ fong$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /tei̯²² fɔːŋ⁵⁵/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: ti$^5$ fong
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰi¹¹ fɔŋ¹/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thi-fông
*** Hakka Romanization System: ti fong$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: ti$^4$ fong$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /tʰi⁵⁵ foŋ²⁴/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: ti$^˖$ fong$^ˋ$
*** Sinological IPA: /tʰi³³ foŋ⁵³/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: ti$^4$ fong$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /tʰi⁵³ fɔŋ⁴⁴/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: di$^3$ fon$^2$ / di$^3$ fon$^1$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /ti⁴⁵ fɒ̃⁵³/, /ti⁴⁵ fɒ̃¹¹/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: dī-huó̤ng / dī-hó̤ng / diông
*** Sinological IPA : /ti⁵⁵ xuɔŋ⁵⁴/, /ti⁵⁵ xɔŋ⁵⁴/, /tiɔŋ³³/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: dê-huŏng
*** Sinological IPA : /ti²⁴²⁻⁵⁵ $^{(h-)}$uoŋ⁵⁵/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian, Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: de$^5$ horng$^1$ [Phonetic: de$^5$ orng$^1$]
*** Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: dā̤-ho̤ng
*** Sinological IPA : /te²¹ $^{(h-)}$ɒŋ⁵³³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Sanxia, Taichung, Singapore)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tē-hng
*** Tâi-lô: tē-hng
*** Phofsit Daibuun: dexhngf
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Singapore): /te²²⁻²¹ hŋ̍⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /te⁴¹⁻²² hŋ̍³³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /te³³⁻²¹ hŋ̍⁴⁴/
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tōe-hng
*** Tâi-lô: tuē-hng
*** Phofsit Daibuun: doexhngf
*** IPA (Taipei): /tue³³⁻¹¹ hŋ̍⁴⁴/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Yilan)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tē-hong
*** Tâi-lô: tē-hong
*** Phofsit Daibuun: dexhofng
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /te⁴¹⁻²² hɔŋ³³/
*** IPA (Yilan): /te³³⁻²¹ hɔŋ⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /te²²⁻²¹ hɔŋ⁴⁴/
** (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tōe-hong
*** Tâi-lô: tuē-hong
*** Phofsit Daibuun: doexhofng
*** IPA (Taipei): /tue³³⁻¹¹ hɔŋ⁴⁴/
* tē-hng/tōe-hng - colloquial;
* tē-hong/tōe-hong - literary.
* Middle Chinese: dijH pjang
Rime :
| Character | 地 | 方 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 定 (7) | 幫 (1) |
| Final (韻) | 脂 (15) | 陽 (106) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Closed |
| Division (等) | III | III |
| Fanqie | 徒四切 | 府良切 |
| Baxter | dijH | pjang |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /diɪ$^H$/ | /pʉɐŋ/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /di$^H$/ | /pʷiɐŋ/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /djɪ$^H$/ | /piuɑŋ/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /di$^H$/ | /puaŋ/ |
| Li Rong | /di$^H$/ | /piuaŋ/ |
| Wang Li | /di$^H$/ | /pĭwaŋ/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /dʱi$^H$/ | /piwaŋ/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | dì | fāng |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | dei$^6$ | fong$^1$ |

#### Noun

地方
* (countable, uncountable) place; region; area (Classifier: 個／个 m; 笪 c)
    一個陌生的地方／一个陌生的地方 ― yīge mòshēng de dìfang ― an unfamiliar place
    From: 朱自清 (Zhu Ziqing), 《蒙自雜記》
    Wǒ zài Méngzì zhù guò wǔ ge yuè, wǒ de jiā yě zài nàlǐ zhù guò liǎng ge yuè. Wǒ xiànzài chángcháng xiǎngqǐ zhè ge dìfang, tèbié shì zài rénshì fánmáng de shíhou. Méngzì xiǎo de hǎo, rén shǎo de hǎo. [Pinyin]
    I lived in Mengzi for five months, and my family two months. I often think of the place now, especially when my social life is busy. Mengzi is good because it's small and sparsely populated.
* (countable, uncountable) part; location
       Wǒ zhège dìfang yǒu diǎn téng. [Pinyin]
       I've got a pain here (lit.: in this place).
* (countable, uncountable) part; aspect; something (about something) (Classifier: 個／个 m)
    From: 朱自清 (Zhu Ziqing), 《白種人——上帝的驕子》
    Dàn zhè háizi què yě yǒu kějìng de dìfang: tā de cóngróng, tā de chénmò, tā de dúduàndúxíng, tā de yī qù bù huítóu, dōu shì lì de biǎoxiàn, dōu shì qiángzhě shìzhě de biǎoxiàn. Juébù pópomāma de, juébù niánniándādā de, yīzhēnjiànxiě, yīdāoliǎngduàn, zhè zhèngshì báizhǒngrén zhī suǒ yǐ wéi báizhǒngrén. [Pinyin]
    But there was something about the child that could be respected. His leisurely way, his reticence, his arbitrariness, his way of walking ahead without looking back. These were manifestations of his power, the power of the strongest, of the fittest. The child was, by no means, overly careful, or irresolute. The child could hit the nail on the head and make a clean break. The child was a quintessential Caucasian.
* (uncountable) empty space; room
    騰出地方／腾出地方 ― téngchū dìfang ― to make room
* (countable, literary) town crier
* (countable, historical) An administrative division of the Republic of China prior to 1949, equivalent to an autonomous region.

##### Usage notes

* Unlike Mandarin, 地方 is rarely used in Hokkien. Use 所在 (só͘-chāi) instead.

##### Synonyms

* (place):
* 位 (wèi) (literary, or in compounds)
* 位置 (wèizhì)
* 去處 / 去处 (qùchù)
* 地位 (dìwèi)
* 地場 / 地场 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
* 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)
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 地方 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 地兒, 地方 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 地方 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 地方 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 地界兒, 地兒, 地方 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 地方, 地處 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 地方 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) | 位分 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 地方, 地頭, 塌塌 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 落地, 位子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 地方 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin (Lingui) | 地方 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Pingle | 地方 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou (Luorong) | 地方 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Luzhai | 地方 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanning (Wuming) | 地方 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 落地, 地方 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 場子, 地方 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 地方, 埞方, 埞 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 地方, 埞, 埞方 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) | 地方 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 埞 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 埞, 埞方 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 地方 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 埞, 埞方 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 地方 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 埞, 埞方 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 地 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 埞 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 埞 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 地方 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 埞, 埞方 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 地方 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 埞 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 埞 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 埞 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 埞 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 處, 埞方 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 處 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 處 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 地方 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 埞方 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 埞方 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 處所 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 埞 |
| Cantonese | Guiping | 地方 |
| Cantonese | Guiping (Jintian) | 地方 |
| Cantonese | Guiping (Jiangkou) | 地方, 埞方 |
| Cantonese | Guiping (Madong) | 地方 |
| Cantonese | Mengshan (Xihe) | 埞方 |
| Cantonese | Guigang (Nanjiang) | 地方 |
| Cantonese | Beiliu (Tangliao) | 地方 |
| Cantonese | Baise | 埞方, 埞 |
| Cantonese | Bobai | 地方 |
| Cantonese | Lingshan | 地方 |
| Cantonese | Pubei | 地方 |
| Cantonese | Qinzhou | 埞 |
| Cantonese | Qinzhou (Xiniujiao) | 地方 |
| Cantonese | Beihai | 地方 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) | 地方 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) | 地方 |
| Cantonese | Ningming | 埞 |
| Cantonese | Hengzhou | 地方 |
| Cantonese | Sanya (Yanglan; Maihua) | 地方 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 地方 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 落地 |
| Gan | Pengze | 位置 |
| Gan | Yanshan (Hekou) | 所在 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 地方 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 地方 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 地方 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 地方 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 埞 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 埞 |
| Hakka | Changting | 地方 |
| Hakka | Wuping | 地方 |
| Hakka | Liancheng | 地方, 所在 |
| Hakka | Liancheng (Peitian) | 地方 |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 壇裡 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 地方, 所在 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 地方, 所在 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 地方, 所在 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 地方, 所在 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 地方, 所在 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 地方, 所在 |
| Hakka | Beiliu (Tang'an) | 地方 |
| Hakka | Mashan (Pianlian) | 地方 |
| Hakka | Guilin (Xiaojiang, Lingui) | 地方 |
| Hakka | Singkawang | 地方 |
| Hakka | Pontianak (Meixian) | 地方 |
| Hakka | Bangkok (Meixian) | 地方 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 許在, 許塊 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 地方 |
| Jin | Datong (Xicetian, Yunzhou) | 地方 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 地方, 所在 |
| Northern Min | Songxi | 地方 |
| Northern Min | Zhenghe | 所在 |
| Northern Min | Jianyang | 所在 |
| Northern Min | Wuyishan | 地方 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 地方, 所在, 位處 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou (Changle) | 地方, 位處 |
| Eastern Min | Lianjiang | 地方, 塊$_2$ |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 位處, 地方 |
| Eastern Min | Pingtan | 位處 |
| Eastern Min | Yongtai | 地道 |
| Eastern Min | Minqing | 地方 |
| Eastern Min | Gutian | 塊$_2$ |
| Eastern Min | Pingnan | 位場 |
| Eastern Min | Luoyuan | 位處 |
| Eastern Min | Ningde | 地方 |
| Eastern Min | Xiapu | 地方 |
| Eastern Min | Zherong | 所在 |
| Eastern Min | Fuding | 所在 |
| Eastern Min | Singapore (Fuqing) | 位處 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 所在 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen (Tong'an) | 所在 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 所在 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 所在 |
| Southern Min | Nan'an | 所在 |
| Southern Min | Shishi | 所在 |
| Southern Min | Hui'an | 所在 |
| Southern Min | Anxi | 所在 |
| Southern Min | Yongchun | 所在 |
| Southern Min | Dehua | 所在 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 所在 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou (Longhai) | 所在 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou (Changtai) | 所在 |
| Southern Min | Hua'an | 所在 |
| Southern Min | Nanjing | 所在, 底仔 |
| Southern Min | Pinghe | 所在 |
| Southern Min | Zhangpu | 所在 |
| Southern Min | Yunxiao | 佇位 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 位處 |
| Southern Min | Dongshan | 所在 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 所在 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 地方, 所在 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 所在 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 所在 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 地方 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 所在, 地方 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 所在 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 所在 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 所在 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 所在 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 所在 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 所在, 地方 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 所在 |
| Southern Min | Longyan | 所在 |
| Southern Min | Zhangping | 所在 |
| Southern Min | Datian | 所在 |
| Southern Min | Pingnan (Shangdu) | 地方 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 地方 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 地方 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 地方 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 地方 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 地方 |
| Southern Min | Qionghai | 地方 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hainanese) | 地方 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 位處 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 位處 |
| Central Min | Yong'an | 停場 |
| Central Min | Sanming (Sanyuan) | 場所 |
| Central Min | Sanming (Shaxian) | 場所 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 塊$_2$ |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Shajing) | 埞 |
| Southern Pinghua | Binyang | 地方 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Chaoyang) | 地方 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Zhuyuan) | 地方 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Wutong, Lingui) | 地方 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Liutang, Lingui) | 地方 |
| Northern Pinghua | Lingchuan (Tanxia) | 地方 |
| Northern Pinghua | Lingchuan (Shuangzhou) | 地方 |
| Northern Pinghua | Yangshuo (Jima) | 地方 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 地方, 場化 dated, 戶蕩 dated |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 所在 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 場化 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 所塊 |
| Wu | Hangzhou (Yuhang) | 地方, 戶蕩 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 地方, 塢探, 塢碎 rare, 塢埰, 塢宕, 塢湯 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 地方 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 地方 |
| Xiang | Xiangxiang | 地方 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 場所, 地方 |
| Xiang | Quanzhou | 地方 |
| Xiang | Guanyang (Wenshi) | 地方 |

### Pronunciation 2

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): dìfāng
       (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧˋ ㄈㄤ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): di$^4$ fang$^1$
* Cantonese (Jyutping): dei$^6$ fong$^1$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thi-fông
* Eastern Min (BUC): dê-huŏng
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): de$^5$ horng$^1$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tē-hng / tōe-hng / tē-hong / tōe-hong
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$di-faon
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: dìfāng
*** Zhuyin: ㄉㄧˋ ㄈㄤ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: dìfang
*** Wade–Giles: ti$^4$-fang$^1$
*** Yale: dì-fāng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dihfang
*** Palladius: дифан (difan)
*** Sinological IPA : /ti⁵¹ fɑŋ⁵⁵/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: di$^4$ fang$^1$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: difang
*** Sinological IPA : /ti²¹³ faŋ⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: dei$^6$ fong$^1$
*** Yale: deih fōng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dei$^6$ fong$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: déi$^6$ fong$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /tei̯²² fɔːŋ⁵⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thi-fông
*** Hakka Romanization System: ti fong$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: ti$^4$ fong$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /tʰi⁵⁵ foŋ²⁴/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: dê-huŏng
*** Sinological IPA : /ti²⁴²⁻⁵⁵ $^{(h-)}$uoŋ⁵⁵/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian, Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: de$^5$ horng$^1$ [Phonetic: de$^5$ orng$^1$]
*** Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: dā̤-ho̤ng
*** Sinological IPA : /te²¹ $^{(h-)}$ɒŋ⁵³³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Sanxia, Taichung)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tē-hng
*** Tâi-lô: tē-hng
*** Phofsit Daibuun: dexhngf
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /te²²⁻²¹ hŋ̍⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /te⁴¹⁻²² hŋ̍³³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /te³³⁻²¹ hŋ̍⁴⁴/
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tōe-hng
*** Tâi-lô: tuē-hng
*** Phofsit Daibuun: doexhngf
*** IPA (Taipei): /tue³³⁻¹¹ hŋ̍⁴⁴/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Yilan)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tē-hong
*** Tâi-lô: tē-hong
*** Phofsit Daibuun: dexhofng
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /te⁴¹⁻²² hɔŋ³³/
*** IPA (Yilan): /te³³⁻²¹ hɔŋ⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /te²²⁻²¹ hɔŋ⁴⁴/
** (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tōe-hong
*** Tâi-lô: tuē-hong
*** Phofsit Daibuun: doexhofng
*** IPA (Taipei): /tue³³⁻¹¹ hɔŋ⁴⁴/
* tē-hng/tōe-hng - colloquial;
* tē-hong/tōe-hong - literary.

#### Noun

地方
* (uncountable) civilians; civilian jobs; civilian sector

##### Antonyms

* 軍隊／军队 (jūnduì)

#### Adjective

地方
* (attributive) regional; local
    地方官員／地方官员 ― dìfāng guānyuán ― local official
       Pò͘-tē-hì sī chi̍t chióng tē-hng hì-kio̍k. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
       Glove puppetry is a kind of regional theatre.

##### Synonyms

* 本地 (běndì)
* 當地／当地 (dāngdì)
* (Hokkien) 在地

### Derived terms

* 地方主義 / 地方主义 (dìfāng zhǔyì)
* 地方人士 (dìfāng rénshì)
* 地方保護主義 / 地方保护主义
* 地方官 (dìfāngguān)
* 地方志 (dìfāngzhì)
* 地方性 (dìfāngxìng)
* 地方戲 / 地方戏 (dìfāngxì)
* 地方政府 (dìfāng zhèngfǔ)
* 地方時 / 地方时
* 地方民族主義 / 地方民族主义 (dìfāng mínzú zhǔyì)
* 地方生物誌 / 地方生物志 (dìfāng shēngwùzhì)
* 地方病 (dìfāngbìng)
* 地方稅 / 地方税 (dìfāngshuì)
* 地方種群 / 地方种群
* 地方糧票 / 地方粮票
* 地方話 / 地方话 (dìfānghuà)

### Pronunciation 3

* Xiang (Hengyang, Wiktionary): di$^{5*}$ fan$^1$
* Xiang
** (Hengyang)
*** Wiktionary: di$^{5*}$ fan$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /d̥i²¹³⁻³¹ fan⁴⁴⁵/

#### Noun

地方
* (Hengyang Xiang) doorstep; sill; threshold

##### Derived terms

* 戶填 / 户填 (Hokkien)
* 戶限 / 户限 (hùxiàn) (literary)
* 戺 (shì) (Classical Chinese)
* 柣 (zhì) (Classical Chinese)
* 梱 (kǔn) (Classical Chinese)
* 榍 (xiè) (Classical Chinese)
* 檻 / 槛 (kǎn)
* 轔 / 辚 (lín) (Classical Chinese)
* 門地伏 / 门地伏 (mon$^3$ i$^5$ fuuk$^4$) (Taishanese)
* 門填 / 门填 (Quanzhou Hokkien)
* 門墊 / 门垫 (muòng-dâing) (Eastern Min)
* 門岸 / 门岸 (mn̂g-hōaⁿ) (Xiamen Hokkien)
* 門檻 / 门槛 (ménkǎn)
* 門限 / 门限 (ménxiàn)
* 門階 / 门阶 (ménjiē)
* 閫 / 阃 (kǔn) (literary)
* 閾 / 阈 (yù) (literary)
* 限 (xiàn) (literary, or in compounds)
* 面填 (bīn-tǔiⁿ) (Quanzhou Hokkien)

### Descendants

* → Japanese: 地方(ちほう) (chihō)
* → Korean: 지방(地方) (jibang)
* → Vietnamese: địa phương (地方)

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 地 | 方 |
| ち Grade: 2 | ほう Grade: 2 |
| on'yomi ||

### Etymology

From Middle Chinese 地方 (MC dijH pjang).

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) ちほー [chíꜜhòò] (Atamadaka –)
* (Tokyo) ちほー [chìhóꜜò] (Nakadaka – [2])
* IPA: [t͡ɕiho̞ː]
* Homophone: 痴呆

### Noun

地(ち)方(ほう) • (chihō)
* district, province, area
** krai

### References

* 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
* 1 2 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 | 方 |

### Noun

地方 • (jibang) (hangeul 지방)
* hanja form of 지방 (“geographical region”)

## Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term :
| 地 | 方 |

### Noun

地方
* chữ Hán form of địa phương (“region, area”).