焦土

Chinese

		burnt; scorched; worried burnt; scorched; worried; anxious	earth; dust; rural earth; dust; rural; uncouth; uncultured; plebeian
simp. and trad. (焦土)		焦	土

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiāotǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄠ ㄊㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ziu¹ tou²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiāotǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄠ ㄊㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiaotǔ
    • Wade–Giles: chiao¹-tʻu³
    • Yale: jyāu-tǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiautuu
    • Palladius: цзяоту (czjaotu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵ tʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ziu¹ tou²
    • Yale: jīu tóu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dziu¹ tou²
    • Guangdong Romanization: jiu¹ tou²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siːu̯⁵⁵ tʰou̯³⁵/

Noun

焦土

1. (literally) scorched earth
2. (figuratively) ravages of war

Descendants

• → English: scorched earth (calque)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
焦	土
しょう Grade: S	と Grade: 1
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) しょ​ーと [shóꜜòtò] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ɕo̞ːto̞]

Noun

焦(しょう)土(と) • (shōto) ^{←せうと (seuto)?}

1. scorched earth