高嶺土

See also: 高岭土

Chinese

		high; tall	mountain range	earth; dust; rural earth; dust; rural; uncouth; uncultured; plebeian
trad. (高嶺土)		高	嶺	土
simp. (高岭土)		高	岭	土

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gāolǐngtǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄠ ㄌㄧㄥˇ ㄊㄨˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gāolǐngtǔ [Phonetic: gāolíngtǔ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄠ ㄌㄧㄥˇ ㄊㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gaolǐngtǔ
    • Wade–Giles: kao¹-ling³-tʻu³
    • Yale: gāu-lǐng-tǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gauliingtuu
    • Palladius: гаолинту (gaolintu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɑʊ̯⁵⁵ liŋ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ tʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Noun

高嶺土

1. potter's clay; kaolin; china clay

Synonyms

• 瓷土 (cítǔ)
• 白土 (báitǔ) (archaic, white)
• 陶土 (táotǔ)