中土

Chinese

		middle; centre; within middle; centre; within; among; in; while (doing sth); during; China; Chinese; hit (the mark)	earth; dust; rural earth; dust; rural; uncouth; uncultured; plebeian
simp. and trad. (中土)		中	土

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Zhōngtǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄥ ㄊㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zung¹ tou²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tiong-thó͘

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• 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⁾/
• 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/
• 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/

Proper noun

中土

1. the Central Plain (area on the lower reaches of the Yellow River which formed the cradle of Chinese civilization)
2. (dated) China

Synonyms

• (the Central Plain): (archaic) 中國／中国 (Zhōngguó), 中原 (Zhōngyuán), 中州 (Zhōngzhōu)
• (China): 中國／中国 (Zhōngguó)