淨土

See also: 净土, 凈土, and 浄土

Chinese

		clean; completely; only	earth; dust; rural earth; dust; rural; uncouth; uncultured; plebeian
trad. (淨土)		淨	土
simp. (净土)		净	土
alternative forms		凈土／净土

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jìngtǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄥˋ ㄊㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zing⁶ tou²
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chēng-thó͘

  (Teochew, Peng'im): zêng⁶ tou²

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶zhin-thu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jìngtǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄥˋ ㄊㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jìngtǔ
    • Wade–Giles: ching⁴-tʻu³
    • Yale: jìng-tǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jinqtuu
    • Palladius: цзинту (czintu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕiŋ⁵¹ tʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zing⁶ tou²
    • Yale: jihng tóu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzing⁶ tou²
    • Guangdong Romanization: jing⁶ tou²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɪŋ²² tʰou̯³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chēng-thó͘
    • Tâi-lô: tsīng-thóo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zexngtor
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡siɪŋ²²⁻²¹ tʰɔ⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siɪŋ⁴¹⁻²² tʰɔ⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siɪŋ²²⁻²¹ tʰɔ⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡siɪŋ³³⁻¹¹ tʰɔ⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siɪŋ³³⁻²¹ tʰɔ⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: zêng⁶ tou²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsĕng thóu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡seŋ³⁵⁻¹¹ tʰou⁵²/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶zhin-thu
    • MiniDict: zhin^去 thu
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³xxin-thu
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ʑin²² tʰu⁴⁴/

Noun

淨土

1. (Buddhism) pure land
2. (figurative) clean and unpolluted place

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “pure land”): 穢土／秽土 (huìtǔ)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (淨土):

• → Japanese: 浄(じょう)土(ど) (jōdo)
• → Korean: 정토(淨土) (jeongto)
• → Vietnamese: tịnh độ (淨土)

Other

• English: Pure Land, pure land

Japanese

Kanji in this term
淨	土
じょう Jinmeiyō	ど Grade: 1
on'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 淨土 – see the following entry.

【浄土じょうど】 [noun] (Buddhism) the pure land, the celestial realm of a buddha or bodhisattva

(This term, 淨土, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
淨	土

Noun

淨土

1. chữ Hán form of tịnh độ (“pure land”).