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地下

Mandarin · pinyin dì xià#

underground; subterranean
covert; clandestine

Mandarin · pinyin dì xia#

ground; floor

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地: de · dì · earth; soil, ground; region
下: xià · under, underneath, below; down; inferior; bring down

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4–4 · di4 xia4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

dei6 haa2 · dei6 haa6

Cantonese word readings for 地下. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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noun

(often attributive) underground
(Taiwan, attributive) basement (floor)
(literary) underworld

adj

(figurative) underground; secretive

noun

on the ground; on the floor
ground; floor
(Cantonese) ground floor

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