土豚

Chinese

		earth; dust; rural earth; dust; rural; uncouth; uncultured; plebeian	suckling pig
trad. (土豚)		土	豚
simp. #(土豚)		土	豚

Etymology

Calque of Afrikaans erdvark (literally “earth pig”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tǔtún

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄨˇ ㄊㄨㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tou² tyun⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tǔtún
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄨˇ ㄊㄨㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tǔtún
    • Wade–Giles: tʻu³-tʻun²
    • Yale: tǔ-twún
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tuutwen
    • Palladius: тутунь (tutunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰu̯ən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tou² tyun⁴
    • Yale: tóu tyùhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tou² tyn⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: tou² tün⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰou̯³⁵ tʰyːn²¹/

Noun

土豚

1. an aardvark (mammal)

See also

• 土狼 (tǔláng, “aardwolf”)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
土	豚
つち Grade: 1	ぶた Grade: S
kun'yomi

Etymology

土 (tsuchi, “earth”) +‎ 豚 (buta, “pig”), calque of Afrikaans erdvark (“earth pig”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) つちぶた [tsùchíbútá] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [t͡sɨ̥t͡ɕibɯ̟ta̠]

Noun

土(つち)豚(ぶた) or 土豚(ツチブタ) • (tsuchibuta) 

1. an aardvark (mammal)

Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as ツチブタ.

See also

• 土(ツチ)狼(オオカミ) (tsuchiōkami)