位置

Chinese

		position; location; (measure word for persons) position; location; (measure word for persons); place; seat	to install; to place; to put
simp. and trad. (位置)		位	置
anagram		置位

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wèizhì

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˋ ㄓˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): wai⁶ zi³
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): vi-chṳ
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): ui⁵ di⁴
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): ūi-tì / ùi-tì

(Teochew, Peng'im): ui⁷ di³
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶we-tsy₅

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wèizhì → wèizhi (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˋ ㄓˋ → ㄨㄟˋ ˙ㄓ (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wèijhi̊h
  - Wade–Giles: wei⁴-chih⁵
  - Yale: wèi-jr
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wey.jyh
  - Palladius: вэйчжи (vɛjčži)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹/ → /weɪ̯⁵¹ ɖ͡ʐ̥ʐ̩¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: wai⁶ zi³
  - Yale: waih ji
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wai⁶ dzi³
  - Guangdong Romanization: wei⁶ ji³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐi̯²² t͡siː³³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: vi-chṳ
  - Hakka Romanization System: vi zii
  - Hagfa Pinyim: vi⁴ zi⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /vi⁵⁵ t͡sɨ⁵⁵/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: ui⁵ di⁴ [Phonetic: ui¹ li⁴]
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: ūi-di̍
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ui¹¹⁻⁵⁵ ^(t-)li⁴²/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: ui⁵ di⁴ [Phonetic: ui¹ li⁴]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ui²¹⁻⁵⁵ ^(t-)li⁴²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ūi-tì
  - Tâi-lô: uī-tì
  - Phofsit Daibuun: uixdix
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /ui³³⁻²¹ ti²¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ui²²⁻²¹ ti²¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /ui³³⁻¹¹ ti¹¹/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ùi-tì
  - Tâi-lô: uì-tì
  - Phofsit Daibuun: uie'dix
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /ui⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ ti⁴¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: ui⁷ di³
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ūi tì
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ui¹¹ ti²¹³/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶we-tsy₅
  - MiniDict: we^去 tsy^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³hhue-tsr₂
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦue²² t͡sz̩⁴⁴/

Noun

位置 (countable)

location; position; place (Classifier: 個／个 m c)
地理位置 ― dìlǐ wèizhì ― geographical location

具體位置／具体位置 ― jùtǐ wèizhì ― exact location

您所在的位置。 ― Nín suǒ zài de wèizhì. ― You are here.
- 世之觀畫者，多能指摘其間形象、位置、彩色瑕疵而已，至於奧理冥造者，罕見其人。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
  世之观画者，多能指摘其间形象、位置、彩色瑕疵而已，至于奥理冥造者，罕见其人。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]
  From: c. 1088 CE, Shen Kuo, Dream Pool Essays
  Shì zhī guān huà zhě, duō néng zhǐzhāi qíjiān xíngxiàng, wèizhi, cǎisè xiácī éryǐ, zhìyú àolǐ míngzào zhě, hǎnjiàn qírén. [Pinyin]
  Most people can point out some minor defect in the shape, position or colouring of a picture, but that is the extent of their expertise. Those who understand the deeper and more abstruse principles are very hard to find.
post; office; position (Classifier: 個／个 m)

Synonyms

(location):

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位 (wèi) (literary, or in compounds)
去處 / 去处 (qùchù)
地位 (dìwèi)
地場 / 地场 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
地方
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 (dienn³ ji¹) (Xiang)

(post):

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位子 (wèizi)
崗位 / 岗位 (gǎngwèi)
職位 / 职位 (zhíwèi)

Derived terms

地理位置 (dìlǐ wèizhì)
待機位置 / 待机位置
高自位置

Related terms

地位 (dìwèi)
位於／位于 (wèiyú)
位子 (wèizi)

Verb

位置

(literary) to deal with; to arrange for

Synonyms

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佈局 / 布局 (bùjú)
佈置 / 布置 (bùzhì)
分派 (fēnpài)
區劃 / 区划 (qūhuà) (literary)
安排 (ānpái)
安置 (ānzhì)
安頓 / 安顿 (āndùn)
打發 / 打发 (dǎfa)
排定 (páidìng)
措置 (cuòzhì)
提調 / 提调 (di² diau⁴) (Xiang)
擺佈 / 摆布 (bǎibù)
支配 (zhīpèi)
施設 / 施设 (shīshè) (literary)
組織 / 组织 (zǔzhī)
著落 / 着落 (literary)
設 / 设 (shè)
部署 (bùshǔ)
配備 / 配备 (pèibèi) (troops)
配列 (pèiliè)
鋪排 / 铺排 (pūpái)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
位	置
い Grade: 4	ち Grade: 4
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
位地

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) いち [íꜜchì] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]^[2]^[3]
IPA^(key): [it͡ɕi]

Noun

位(い)置(ち) • (ichi) ^{←ゐち (witi)^?}

location, position
現(げん)在(ざい)位(い)置(ち)
genzai ichi
you are here (as on a map)
(literally, “current position”)

位置(いち)について、用意(ようい)、ドン！
Ichi ni tsuite, yōi, don!
On your marks; get set; go!

Synonyms

場(ば)所(しょ) (basho)

Verb

位(い)置(ち)する • (ichi suru) ^{←ゐち (witi)^?}intransitive suru (stem 位(い)置(ち)し (ichi shi), past 位(い)置(ち)した (ichi shita))

to be located; to be positioned; to be situated
宮(みや)崎(ざき)県(けん)は九(きゅう)州(しゅう)地(ち)方(ほう)の南(なん)東(とう)部(ぶ)に位(い)置(ち)する県(けん)。
Miyazaki-ken wa Kyūshū-chihō no nantōbu ni ichi suru ken.
Miyazaki prefecture is situated in the southeastern part of the Kyūshū region.

Conjugation

Conjugation of "位置する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	位置し	いちし	ichi shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	位置し	いちし	ichi shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	位置する	いちする	ichi suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	位置する	いちする	ichi suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	位置すれ	いちすれ	ichi sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	位置せよ¹ 位置しろ²	いちせよ¹ いちしろ²	ichi seyo¹ ichi shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	位置される	いちされる	ichi sareru
Causative	位置させる位置さす	いちさせるいちさす	ichi saseru ichi sasu
Potential	位置できる	いちできる	ichi dekiru
Volitional	位置しよう	いちしよう	ichi shiyō
Negative	位置しない	いちしない	ichi shinai
Negative continuative	位置せず	いちせず	ichi sezu
Formal	位置します	いちします	ichi shimasu
Perfective	位置した	いちした	ichi shita
Conjunctive	位置して	いちして	ichi shite
Hypothetical conditional	位置すれば	いちすれば	ichi sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

References

“位置”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ 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
^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
位	置

Noun

位置 • (wichi) (hangeul 위치)

hanja form^? of 위치 (“location”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
位	置

Noun

位置

chữ Hán form of vị trí (“location”)

[DJR-1] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[NHK-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

[SMK5-3] Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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