<p>The words are "mei di qi". "地契" is a whole word, which means lease.</p>

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2016-06-01T05:39:48.293Z
2016-06-01T05:39:48.293Z
Iceglaze
<p>契，‘qi'，没地契means there are no land deeds.</p>

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2016-06-09T18:52:04.703Z
So what is the contract the mother shows, if not a land deed?
Dan
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2016-06-09T22:22:07.583Z
Hi Dan, I am not seeing any contract shown by the mother. Anyway, what's likely going on here is that the son's parents are disclosing the family financial situation informally to the potential daughter-in-law. And the girl is probably telling the potential in-laws that there would not be much in her dowry (i.e. there would not be any land deeds included).
wchyk-cyw
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2016-06-09T22:50:02.007Z
Sorry, I forgot to mention that the mother leaves and comes back with a contract, which the girl examines breifly. I watched a few more episodes, and it is now my understanding that both the girl and the mother think they own the house, for some reason. Thanks for your thoughts though, I appreciate it!
Dan
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2016-06-09T16:36:36.143Z
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wchyk-cyw
<p>I was watching a TV show, and some of the dialogue is giving me trouble.
<a href="https://i.sstatic.net/rRVd2.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/rRVd2.png" alt="screenshot"></a></p>

<p>The father is teasing his son's love intrest (the pictured girl). At least I think that's what's happening. They as her if she has 地X, and she says she does not. She then asks the family the same question, and it definately seems like a big deal.</p>

<p>I can't figure out the third character. It sounds like <code>mei di xi</code>, or perhaps <code>mei di qi</code>.</p>

<p>I thought it could be related to the word place, since the 地 is from 地方. So maybe it's about owning land? It is on a Taiwanese drama from 2007, so if anyone has any cultural context t ogo along with the answer, that would be great!</p>

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2016-05-31T23:03:06.450Z
The 'X' is 契, which means 'to carve/engrave', in ancient times contracts were often made (not necessarily only in China) by engraving them into an object, to keep track of things, so 契 has the additional meaning of 'contract' or 'agreement'. 地契 (dìqì) is thus a 'land contract', or a 'title deed for land' (a legal term that says what gives you the right to use a piece of land/property).
imrek
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2016-05-31T23:09:48.877Z
Actually, in my comment above I gave you the Simplified character, but in the subtitles it is 契 (Traditional character). Notice that the top left-side is different. I wonder why Pleco does not have the Simplified one.
imrek
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2016-06-02T10:53:41.327Z
@DrunkenMaster The simplified / trad characters you give look exactly the same to me. Also, your comment is actually an answer.
KWeiss
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2016-06-02T11:00:42.013Z
@KWeiss the shape of the character depends on the font used by your browser, maybe they are not a Traditional vs. Simplified pair, but just variants. Here are two images that are not effected by font-rendering: http://kanji.jitenon.jp/kanjic/1386.gif and http://p5.qhimg.com/t01fb10e8a789e2f4ec.png
imrek
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2016-06-02T17:15:14.403Z
I would guess the first is a Japanese variant of writing it, based on the URL.
Dan
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沒地X, what is the third character?
# 沒地X, what is the third character?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2016-05-31)

I was watching a TV show, and some of the dialogue is giving me trouble.
[![screenshot](https://i.sstatic.net/rRVd2.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/rRVd2.png)

The father is teasing his son's love intrest (the pictured girl). At least I think that's what's happening. They as her if she has 地X, and she says she does not. She then asks the family the same question, and it definately seems like a big deal.

I can't figure out the third character. It sounds like `mei di xi`, or perhaps `mei di qi`.

I thought it could be related to the word place, since the 地 is from 地方. So maybe it's about owning land? It is on a Taiwanese drama from 2007, so if anyone has any cultural context t ogo along with the answer, that would be great!

**Tags:** characters, character-identification, culture

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: The 'X' is 契, which means 'to carve/engrave', in ancient times contracts were often made (not necessarily only in China) by engraving them into an object, to keep track of things, so 契 has the additional meaning of 'contract' or 'agreement'. 地契 (dìqì) is thus a 'land contract', or a 'title deed for land' (a legal term that says what gives you the right to use a piece of land/property).  
> **username_1**: Actually, in my comment above I gave you the Simplified character, but in the subtitles it is 契 (Traditional character). Notice that the top left-side is different. I wonder why Pleco does not have the Simplified one.  
> **username_2**: @DrunkenMaster The simplified / trad characters you give look exactly the same to me. Also, your comment is actually an answer.  
> **username_1**: @username_2 the shape of the character depends on the font used by your browser, maybe they are not a Traditional vs. Simplified pair, but just variants. Here are two images that are not effected by font-rendering: http://kanji.jitenon.jp/kanjic/1386.gif and http://p5.qhimg.com/t01fb10e8a789e2f4ec.png  
> **username_0**: I would guess the first is a Japanese variant of writing it, based on the URL.  

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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_3 on 2016-06-01. Score: 3

The words are "mei di qi". "地契" is a whole word, which means lease.


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### Answer by username_4 on 2016-06-09. Score: 1

契，‘qi'，没地契means there are no land deeds.

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: So what is the contract the mother shows, if not a land deed?  
> **username_4**: Hi Dan, I am not seeing any contract shown by the mother. Anyway, what's likely going on here is that the son's parents are disclosing the family financial situation informally to the potential daughter-in-law. And the girl is probably telling the potential in-laws that there would not be much in her dowry (i.e. there would not be any land deeds included).  
> **username_0**: Sorry, I forgot to mention that the mother leaves and comes back with a contract, which the girl examines breifly. I watched a few more episodes, and it is now my understanding that both the girl and the mother think they own the house, for some reason. Thanks for your thoughts though, I appreciate it!  

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