瘠土

Chinese

		barren; lean	earth; dust; rural earth; dust; rural; uncouth; uncultured; plebeian
trad. (瘠土)		瘠	土
simp. #(瘠土)		瘠	土

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jítǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧˊ ㄊㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zek³ tou²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jítǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˊ ㄊㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jítǔ
    • Wade–Giles: chi²-tʻu³
    • Yale: jí-tǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyituu
    • Palladius: цзиту (czitu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi³⁵ tʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zek³ tou²
    • Yale: jek tóu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzek⁸ tou²
    • Guangdong Romanization: zég³ tou²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɛːk̚³ tʰou̯³⁵/

Noun

瘠土

1. infertile soil (Classifier: 片 m c)
   • 2020, “致明日的舞 [A Dance For Tomorrow]”, Oscar (lyrics), 林家謙 [Terence Lam] (music)‎^[1]performed by 陳奕迅 [Eason Chan]:

     躺於瘠土一片　若你沒法入眠　踮起腳尖 [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
     躺于瘠土一片　若你没法入眠　踮起脚尖 [Literary Cantonese, simp.]

     tong² jyu¹ zek³ tou² jat¹ pin³, joek⁶ nei⁵ mut⁶ faat³ jap⁶ min⁴, dim³ hei² goek³ zim¹ [Jyutping]

     Lying on a piece of barren land, if you cannot fall asleep, stand on your tiptoes