土坯

Chinese

		earth; dust; rural earth; dust; rural; uncouth; uncultured; plebeian	unburnt earthenware
trad. (土坯)		土	坯
simp. #(土坯)		土	坯

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tǔpī

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄨˇ ㄆㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tou² pui¹
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): tou³ pei¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tǔpī
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄨˇ ㄆㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tǔpi
    • Wade–Giles: tʻu³-pʻi¹
    • Yale: tǔ-pī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tuupi
    • Palladius: тупи (tupi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹ pʰi⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tou² pui¹
    • Yale: tóu pūi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tou² pui¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: tou² pui¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰou̯³⁵ pʰuːi̯⁵⁵/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: tou³ pei¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰəu̯⁴¹ pʰe̞i̯³³/

Noun

土坯

1. sun-dried mud brick; adobe

Synonyms

• (Northern Min) 泥坯
• (Hokkien) 塗坯／涂坯
• (Shanghainese) 爛泥坯／烂泥坯

Descendants

• → Mongolian: ᠲᠦᠫᠢ (tüpi); ᠲᠦ᠋ᠢᠫᠦ᠋ (tüipü)