土方

Chinese

		earth; dust; rural earth; dust; rural; uncouth; uncultured; plebeian	square; quadrilateral; place square; quadrilateral; place; region; direction; side; method; way; prescription; power; upright; just
simp. and trad. (土方)		土	方

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tǔfāng

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄨˇ ㄈㄤ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tou² fong¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thó͘-hng / thó͘-hong

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tǔfāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄨˇ ㄈㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tǔfang
    • Wade–Giles: tʻu³-fang¹
    • Yale: tǔ-fāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tuufang
    • Palladius: туфан (tufan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹ fɑŋ⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tǔfāngr
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄨˇ ㄈㄤㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tǔfangr
    • Wade–Giles: tʻu³-fang¹-ʼrh
    • Yale: tǔ-fāngr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tuufangl
    • Palladius: туфанр (tufanr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹ fɑ̃ɻ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tou² fong¹
    • Yale: tóu fōng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tou² fong¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: tou² fong¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰou̯³⁵ fɔːŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thó͘-hng
    • Tâi-lô: thóo-hng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tofhngf
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰɔ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ hŋ̍³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /tʰɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hŋ̍⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ hŋ̍⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thó͘-hong
    • Tâi-lô: thóo-hong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tofhofng
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tʰɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰɔ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ hɔŋ³³/

Noun

土方

1. cubic meter of earth
2. earthwork
3. (archaic) terrain; topography relief
4. (traditional Chinese medicine) folk prescription; home remedy

Synonyms

• (terrain): 地勢／地势 (dìshì)
• (folk prescription):

• 丹方 (dānfāng) (folk prescription)
• 仙方 (xiānfāng) (magical prescription)
• 偏方 (piānfāng) (folk prescription)
• 古方 (gǔfāng) (ancient prescription)
• 單方／单方 (dānfāng) (in TCM)
• 方劑／方剂 (fāngjì) (in TCM)
• 方子 (fāngzi) (in TCM)
• 湯頭／汤头 (tāngtóu) (prescription for a medical decoction)
• 良方 (liángfāng) (effective prescription)
• 藥單／药单 (yàodān)
• 藥方／药方 (yàofāng)
• 處方／处方 (chǔfāng)
• 處方箋／处方笺 (chǔfāngjiān) (literary)
• 複方／复方 (fùfāng) (in TCM)
• 配方 (pèifāng)
• 醫方／医方 (yīfāng)
• 驗方／验方 (yànfāng) (proved recipe in TCM)

 

Japanese

Pronunciation

Kanji in this term
土	方
ど Grade: 1	かた Grade: 2
jūbakoyomi

• (Tokyo) どかた [dòkátá] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [do̞ka̠ta̠]

Noun

土(ど)方(かた) • (dokata) 

1. (often derogatory) Synonym of 土工 (dokō, “construction worker”)

Descendants

• Korean: 노가다 (nogada)

Proper noun

Kanji in this term
土	方
ひじ Grade: 1	かた Grade: 2

土(ひじ)方(かた) • (Hijikata) ^{←ひぢかた (fidikata)?}

1. a surname