地 dì

1. dì noun soil; ground; land
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Geography
   Notes: As in 土地, or 地面 (CED '地' 3, 4; FE '地' 2; Kroll 2015 '地' 2, pp. 83-84)
2. de particle subordinate particle
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words , Concept: Structural Particle 结构助词
   Notes: 地 can only be placed after an adverbial adjunct. For example, 笑容满面地走进央视西门 'walked into the CCTV West Gate with a big smile [on his] face.' (VOA 2016-01-25; Kroll 2015 '地' 7, pp. 83-84)
3. dì noun floor
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '地' 3, pp. 83-84)
4. dì proper noun the earth
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: For example, 天地玄黃 'The sky was black and earth yellow.' (CED '地' 1; FE '地' 1; Kroll 2015 '地' 1, pp. 83-84; QZW)
5. dì noun fields
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Agriculture
   Notes: As in 天地 (FE '地' 2; CED '地' 3)
6. dì noun a place
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 地方 or 地点, for example, in the idiom 因地制宜 'to accord with local customs using appropriate measures' (CCI '因地制宜'; CED '地' 8, 9; FE '地' 4; Kroll 2015 '地' 2b, pp. 83-84)
7. dì noun a situation; a position
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: As in 地位 (FE '地' 4; CED '地' 10)
8. dì noun background
   Domain: Art 艺术
   Notes: As in the background of a painting (CED '地' 12)
9. dì noun terrain
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '地' 2c, pp. 83-84)
10. dì noun a territory; a region
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Geography
    Notes: As in 陆地 (CED '地' 2; FE '地' 3; Kroll 2015 '地' 2a, pp. 83-84)
11. dì noun used after a distance measure
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Geography
    Notes: To indicate that the measure is for travel distance (CED '地' 13)
12. dì adjective coming from the same clan
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '地' 5, pp. 83-84)
13. dì noun earth; pṛthivī
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教
    Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: pṛthivī, or: medinī, Japanese: chi, or: ji, Tibetan: sa (BCSD '地', p. 291; Dhammajoti 2013, p. 396; Mahāvyutpatti 'medinī'; MW 'pṛthivī'; SH '地', p. 206; Unihan '地')
14. dì noun stage; ground; level; bhumi
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教
    Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: bhūmi, Tibetan: sa, Japanese: ji; one of the ten stages of bodhisattva development into a Buddha 十地 (BCSD '地', p. 291; BL 'bhūmi', pp. 116-117; Kroll 2015 '地' 4, pp. 83-84; Powers 2007, p. 121; Tzu Chuang 2012, p. 31)

Contained in

• 苏悉地羯啰(蘇悉地羯囉) Susiddhikara
• 三昧地 samadhi
• 慈风吹大地 福报满人间(慈風吹大地 福報滿人間) May the breeze of compassion embrace the Earth; May the world be filled with life's blessings.
• 摩诃波头摩地狱(摩訶波頭摩地獄) Mahapadma Hell
• 晖曜地(暉曜地) bright and radiant stage
• 苏悉地经类(蘇悉地經類) Susuddhikara sūtra and related texts
• 右膝着地(右膝著地) placing the right knee on the ground
• 一尘不染清净地 万善同登般若门(一塵不染清淨地 萬善同登般若門) Without even a speck of dust is this land of purity; Through which all virtues unite is this gate of prajna.
• 制地 caitya
• 善慧地 the ground of finest discriminatory wisdom
• 地藏法会(地藏法會) Ksitigarbha Dharma Service ; Ksitigarbha Dharma Service
• 心正人间善 气和天地美(心正人間善 氣和天地美) Righteousness makes the world virtuous; Harmony makes the universe beautiful.
• 天地为心　人间有望(天地為心　人間有望) Heaven and Earth Are My Heart; Hope Is in the Human World
• 盖天盖地(蓋天蓋地) covering Heaven and earth; everywhere
• 佛顶尊胜心破地狱转业障出三界秘密陀罗尼(佛頂尊勝心破地獄轉業障出三界祕密陀羅尼) Buddha Crown Worthy Supreme Heart able to Liberate from Hell, Transform Karmic Obstacles, and Transcend the Three Realms Secret Dharani; Fo Ding Zun Sheng Xin Po Diyu Zhuan Yezhang Chu San Jie Mimi Tuoluoni
• 空三摩地 the samādhi of emptiness

Also contained in

熟地 、 矮地茶 、 地面部队 、 故地重游 、 僻地 、 外地人 、 上天入地 、 新发地 、 集散地 、 襄阳地区 、 宿县地区 、 地色 、 区域地理学 、 浅源地震 、 异地 、 出生地点 、 就地 、 田地 、 强龙不压地头蛇 、 花天酒地 、 本地人 、 天然本地 、 扑地 、 地层学 、 河池地区 、 地势 、 租地 、 佛山地区 、 占地儿 、 地址 、 临汾地区 、 安阳地区 、 咸宁地区 、 洛阳地记 、 转移阵地

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

• Scroll 16 Mahāratnakūṭasūtra (The Great Treasures Collection Sūtra) 大寶積經 — count: 325 , has English translation
• Scroll 12 Commentary on the Yogācārabhūmiśāstra 瑜伽論記 — count: 249
• Scroll 5 Vibhāṣāśāstra (Bing Po Sha Lun) 鞞婆沙論 — count: 243
• Scroll 14 Dasheng Yi Zhang 大乘義章 — count: 218
• Scroll 15 Mahāratnakūṭasūtra (The Great Treasures Collection Sūtra) 大寶積經 — count: 215 , has English translation
• Scroll 21 Commentary on the Yogācārabhūmiśāstra 瑜伽論記 — count: 202
• Scroll 4 Jin Guang Ming Zui Sheng Wang Jing Shu 金光明最勝王經疏 — count: 198
• Scroll 12 Dasheng Yi Zhang 大乘義章 — count: 177
• Scroll 1 Commentary on the Yogācārabhūmiśāstra 瑜伽論記 — count: 169
• Scroll 10 Notes on the Viṁśatikāvṛtti 成唯識論述記 — count: 168

Collocations

• 蹈地 (蹈地) 蹈地安隱 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 1 — count: 8
• 堕地 (墮地) 墮地行七步 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 1 — count: 7
• 地生 (地生) 地生濡草 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 18 — count: 6
• 地凹 (地凹) 地凹四寸 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 18 — count: 6
• 地柔 (地柔) 其地柔濡 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 18 — count: 6
• 去地 (去地) 吹此大地及諸名山須彌山王去地十里 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 19 — count: 5
• 地肤 (地膚) 其後復有地膚出 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 22 — count: 5
• 阎浮提地 (閻浮提地) 此閻浮提地 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 5 — count: 5
• 宅地 (宅地) 見諸大天神各封宅地 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 2 — count: 5
• 散地 (散地) 吹花散地 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 20 — count: 4