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破土
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Chinese
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to break; to split; broken
to break; to split; broken; damaged; worn out
earth; dust; rural
earth; dust; rural; uncouth; uncultured; plebeian
simp.
and
trad.
(
破土
)
破
土
Pronunciation
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Mandarin
(
Pinyin
)
:
pòtǔ
(
Zhuyin
)
:
ㄆㄛˋ ㄊㄨˇ
Cantonese
(
Jyutping
)
:
po
3
tou
2
Southern Min
(
Hokkien
,
POJ
)
:
phò͘-thó͘
/
phò-thó͘
/
phòa-thó͘
Mandarin
(
Standard Chinese
)
+
Hanyu Pinyin
:
pòtǔ
Zhuyin
:
ㄆㄛˋ ㄊㄨˇ
Tongyong Pinyin
:
pòtǔ
Wade–Giles
:
pʻo
4
-tʻu
3
Yale
:
pwò-tǔ
Gwoyeu Romatzyh
:
pohtuu
Palladius
:
поту
(potu)
Sinological
IPA
(
key
)
:
/pʰu̯ɔ⁵¹ tʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
(
Standard Cantonese
,
Guangzhou
–
Hong Kong
)
+
Jyutping
:
po
3
tou
2
Yale
:
po tóu
Cantonese Pinyin
:
po
3
tou
2
Guangdong Romanization
:
po
3
tou
2
Sinological
IPA
(
key
)
:
/pʰɔː³³ tʰou̯³⁵/
Southern Min
(
Hokkien
:
Quanzhou
)
Pe̍h-ōe-jī
:
phò͘-thó͘
Tâi-lô
:
phòo-thóo
Phofsit Daibuun
:
phortor
IPA
(
Quanzhou
)
:
/pʰɔ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tʰɔ⁵⁵⁴/
(
Hokkien
:
General
Taiwanese
,
Xiamen
,
Zhangzhou
)
Pe̍h-ōe-jī
:
phò-thó͘
Tâi-lô
:
phò-thóo
Phofsit Daibuun
:
phoirtor
IPA
(
Taipei
)
:
/pʰo¹¹⁻⁵³ tʰɔ⁵³/
IPA
(
Kaohsiung
)
:
/pʰɤ²¹⁻⁴¹ tʰɔ⁴¹/
IPA
(
Xiamen
,
Zhangzhou
)
:
/pʰo²¹⁻⁵³ tʰɔ⁵³/
(
Hokkien
:
General
Taiwanese
,
Xiamen
,
Zhangzhou
)
Pe̍h-ōe-jī
:
phòa-thó͘
Tâi-lô
:
phuà-thóo
Phofsit Daibuun
:
phoartor
IPA
(
Kaohsiung
)
:
/pʰua²¹⁻⁴¹ tʰɔ⁴¹/
IPA
(
Taipei
)
:
/pʰua¹¹⁻⁵³ tʰɔ⁵³/
IPA
(
Xiamen
,
Zhangzhou
)
:
/pʰua²¹⁻⁵³ tʰɔ⁵³/
Verb
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破土
to
break ground
(in starting a building project, etc.)
to
start
spring
ploughing
to
break
through the
soil
(of a seedling)