地陷

Chinese

		earth; ground; field earth; ground; field; place; land; (subor. part. adverbial); ‑ly	to fall; trap
trad. (地陷)		地	陷
simp. ^#(地陷)		地	陷

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dìxiàn

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄧˋ ㄒㄧㄢˋ
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tē-hām / tōe-hām / tē-ām

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dìxiàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄧˋ ㄒㄧㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dìsiàn
  - Wade–Giles: ti⁴-hsien⁴
  - Yale: dì-syàn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dihshiann
  - Palladius: дисянь (disjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
    ^edit
    ^edit
    地線 / 地线
    地陷
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tē-hām
  - Tâi-lô: tē-hām
  - Phofsit Daibuun: dexham
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /te³³⁻¹¹ ham³³/
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /te⁴¹⁻²² ham⁴¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /te²²⁻²¹ ham²²/
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /te³³⁻²¹ ham³³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tōe-hām
  - Tâi-lô: tuē-hām
  - Phofsit Daibuun: doexham
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /tue²²⁻²¹ ham²²/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /tue³³⁻¹¹ ham³³/
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /tue⁴¹⁻²² ham⁴¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /tue³³⁻²¹ ham³³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tē-ām
  - Tâi-lô: tē-ām
  - Phofsit Daibuun: dexam
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /te²²⁻²¹ am²²/

Verb

地陷

(geology, intransitive) to have a land subsidence

Noun

地陷 (Hokkien)

burrow or cellar for preserving vegetables, tubers, etc.
pitfall trap; covered pit
trench; ditch

Synonyms

(cellar):

地窖 (dìjiào)
地窨 (dìyìn)
地窨子 (dìyìnzi) (colloquial)
地藏 (dìzàng) (Classical Chinese)
地陷跤 (tē-hām-kha) (Xiamen Hokkien)
窖 (jiào)

Descendants

→ Tagalog: teham

References

“地陷”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2026.