地位

Chinese
 
earth; ground; field
earth; ground; field; place; land; (subor. part. adverbial); ‑ly
 
position; location; (measure word for persons)
position; location; (measure word for persons); place; seat
trad. (地位) 地 位
simp. #(地位) 地 位

Pronunciation

Noun

地位

  1. position (in society, the world, etc.); standing; status (Classifier: 個／个 m)
    支配地位  ―  zhīpèi dìwèi  ―  dominant position; dominance
    國際地位／国际地位  ―  guójì dìwèi  ―  international standing
  2. location; position; place

Synonyms
  • (standing): (literary) 地步 (dìbù), (literary, or in compounds) 位 (wèi)
  • (location):

Derived terms

Japanese
Kanji in this term
地 位
ち
Grade: 2		 い
Grade: 4
kan’on on’yomi

Etymology

Ultimately from Middle Chinese 地位 (MC dijH hwijH). First cited in Japanese to a text from the mid-1200s,[1] so possibly a learned borrowing from Chinese 地位 (dìwèi).

Pronunciation

Noun

地(ち)位(い) • (chii) ←ちゐ (tiwi)?

  1. [from mid-1200s] position in society, social standing, social status
  2. [from 1868] the location or site of something
    Synonyms: 場所 (basho), 位置 (ichi)

References
  1. “地位”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
  2. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. 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), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

Korean
Hanja in this term
地位

Noun

地位 • (jiwi) (hangeul 지위)

  1. Hanja form? of 지위 (“position”).

Vietnamese
chữ Hán Nôm in this term
地位

Noun

地位

  1. chữ Hán form of địa vị (“position”).
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