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地 dì

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)
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)
dì noun floor
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '地' 3, pp. 83-84)
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)
dì noun fields
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Agriculture
Notes: As in 天地 (FE '地' 2; CED '地' 3)
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)
dì noun a situation; a position
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: As in 地位 (FE '地' 4; CED '地' 10)
dì noun background
Domain: Art 艺术
Notes: As in the background of a painting (CED '地' 12)
dì noun terrain
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '地' 2c, pp. 83-84)
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)
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)
dì adjective coming from the same clan
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '地' 5, pp. 83-84)
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')
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

坚固地神(堅固地神) Prthivi
大叫换地狱(大叫換地獄) Maharaurava Hell
心地 Mind Ground ; mind; mental ground
修行地不净观经(修行地不淨觀經) Dharmatrāta-Dhyāna Sūtra
举身投地(舉身投地) do prostrations on the ground
末田地 Madhyantika
一方土地方方净念念心真念念真(一方土地方方淨念念心真念念真) A corner of land pure in all corners; A moment of thought truthful in every moment.
舌头落地(舌頭落地) tongue drops on the ground
菩萨地持(菩薩地持) Bodhisattva Stages; Bodhisattvabhūmi
无间地狱(無間地獄) Avici Hell
三地 three grounds
迦遮邻地(迦遮鄰地) kācalindikāka; kācilindi
见地(見地) insight ; stage of insight; darśanabhūmi
修行道地经(修行道地經) Yogacārabhūmi; Xiuxing Dao Di Jing ; Dharmatrāta-Dhyāna Sūtra

Also contained in

沼泽地带、地震烈度、大地线、地毯、武威地区、地窨子、整地、衡阳地区、花天酒地、地宫、地震学、印地安、地接、新乡地区、地理纪、地主队、地面水、驻地、地下核爆炸、地下铁、梧州地区、庄稼地、安阳地区、毕节地区、圮地则行、地球村、一箭之地、关中地区、达地凯、天地鬼神、死地、地板砖、天翻地覆、跨地域、原产地、信阳地区、土地

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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
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: 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
地生 (地生) 地生濡草 — 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
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
地肤 (地膚) 其後復有地膚出 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 22 — count: 5
吹地 (吹地) 吹地令淨 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 20 — count: 4