水土

Chinese

		water; river	earth; dust; rural earth; dust; rural; uncouth; uncultured; plebeian
simp. and trad. (水土)		水	土

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shuǐtǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄊㄨˇ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): seoi² tou²

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): sui² hu²

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chúi-thó͘

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shuǐtǔ [Phonetic: shuítǔ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄊㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shuěitǔ
    • Wade–Giles: shui³-tʻu³
    • Yale: shwěi-tǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shoeituu
    • Palladius: шуйту (šujtu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ tʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: seoi² tou²
    • Yale: séui tóu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soey² tou²
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêu² tou²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɵy̯³⁵ tʰou̯³⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: sui² hu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sui⁵⁵ hu⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chúi-thó͘
    • Tâi-lô: tsuí-thóo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zuy'tor
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰɔ⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sui⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tʰɔ⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰɔ⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰɔ⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sui⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tʰɔ⁴¹/

Noun

水土

1. water and soil
2. natural environment; climate

Synonyms

• (natural environment): (Hokkien) 地土

Derived terms

• 一方水土養一方人／一方水土养一方人 (yīfāng shuǐtǔ yǎng yīfāng rén)
• 不伏水土
• 不服水土 (bùfúshuǐtǔ)
• 不習水土／不习水土
• 服水土
• 水土不伏
• 水土不服 (shuǐtǔbùfú)
• 水土保持 (shuǐtǔ bǎochí)
• 水土流失 (shuǐtǔ liúshī)