拓荒
Chinese
expand; support on palm; to develop expand; support on palm; to develop; to open up; make rubbing |
out of practice; uncultivated | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (拓荒) | 拓 | 荒 | |
| simp. #(拓荒) | 拓 | 荒 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: tuòhuāng
- Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄛˋ ㄏㄨㄤ
- Tongyong Pinyin: tuòhuang
- Wade–Giles: tʻo4-huang1
- Yale: twò-hwāng
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tuohhuang
- Palladius: тохуан (toxuan)
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰu̯ɔ⁵¹ xu̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: tok3 fong1
- Yale: tok fōng
- Cantonese Pinyin: tok8 fong1
- Guangdong Romanization: tog3 fong1
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰɔːk̚³ fɔːŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thok-hong
- Tâi-lô: thok-hong
- Phofsit Daibuun: tokhofng
- IPA (Xiamen): /tʰɔk̚³²⁻⁴ hɔŋ⁴⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰɔk̚⁵⁻²⁴ hɔŋ³³/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰɔk̚³²⁻⁵ hɔŋ⁴⁴/
- IPA (Taipei): /tʰɔk̚³²⁻⁴ hɔŋ⁴⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰɔk̚³²⁻⁴ hɔŋ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien)
Verb
拓荒
- (agriculture, literally) to reclaim wasteland; to open up land (for agriculture)
- (figurative) to explore in a new field
Synonyms
Derived terms
- 拓荒者 (tuòhuāngzhě)