中土
Chinese
middle; centre; within middle; centre; within; among; in; while (doing something); during; China; Chinese; hit (the mark) |
earth; dust; rural earth; dust; rural; uncouth; uncultured; plebeian | ||
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| simp. and trad. (中土) |
中 | 土 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: Zhōngtǔ
- Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄥ ㄊㄨˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: Jhongtǔ
- Wade–Giles: Chung1-tʻu3
- Yale: Jūng-tǔ
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Jongtuu
- Palladius: Чжунту (Čžuntu)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ tʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: zung1 tou2
- Yale: jūng tóu
- Cantonese Pinyin: dzung1 tou2
- Guangdong Romanization: zung1 tou2
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ tʰou̯³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiong-thó͘
- Tâi-lô: tiong-thóo
- Phofsit Daibuun: diongtor
- IPA (Xiamen): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² tʰɔ⁵³/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /tiɔŋ³³ tʰɔ⁵⁵⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² tʰɔ⁵³/
- IPA (Taipei): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰɔ⁵³/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰɔ⁴¹/
- (Hokkien)
Proper noun
中土
- the Central Plain (area on the lower reaches of the Yellow River which formed the cradle of Chinese civilization)
- 梁武帝嘗問一中土人曰：「卿北人，何故不知有族？」 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: Yan Zhitui, The Family Instructions of Master Yan, 6th century CE
- Liáng Wǔdì cháng wèn yī Zhōngtǔ rén yuē: “Qīng běirén, hégù bùzhī yǒu zú?” [Pinyin]
- Emperor Wu of Liang once asked a person from the Central Plain: "Why do the people of the north not know of clans?"
梁武帝尝问一中土人曰：「卿北人，何故不知有族？」 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
- (dated) China
- 佛圖羅剎，不知何國人，德業純粹，該覽經典。久遊中土，善閑漢言，其宣譯梵，文見重符世。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: Shi Huijiao, Memoirs of Eminent Monks, circa 530 CE
- Fótúluóchà, bù zhī hé guó rén, dé yè chúncuì, gāi lǎn jīngdiǎn. Jiǔ yóu Zhōngtǔ, shàn xián hànyán, qí xuān yì fàn, wén jiàn zhòng fú shì. [Pinyin]
- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
佛图罗刹，不知何国人，德业纯粹，该览经典。久游中土，善闲汉言，其宣译梵，文见重符世。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
Synonyms
- (the Central Plain): (archaic) 中國／中国 (Zhōngguó), 中原 (Zhōngyuán), 中州 (Zhōngzhōu)
- (China): 中國／中国 (Zhōngguó)