中土

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Chinese

		middle; centre; within middle; centre; within; among; in; while (doing sth); during; China; Chinese; hit (the mark)	earth; dust; rural earth; dust; rural; uncouth; uncultured; plebeian
simp. and trad. (中土)		中	土

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Zhōngtǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄥㄊㄨˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zung¹ tou²
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tiong-thó͘

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Zhōngtǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄥㄊㄨˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Jhongtǔ
  - Wade–Giles: Chung¹-tʻu³
  - Yale: Jūng-tǔ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Jongtuu
  - Palladius: Чжунту (Čžuntu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ tʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zung¹ tou²
  - Yale: jūng tóu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzung¹ tou²
  - Guangdong Romanization: zung¹ tou²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ tʰou̯³⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiong-thó͘
  - Tâi-lô: tiong-thóo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: diongtor
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² tʰɔ⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tiɔŋ³³ tʰɔ⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² tʰɔ⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰɔ⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰɔ⁴¹/

Proper noun

中土

the Central Plain (area on the lower reaches of the Yellow River which formed the cradle of Chinese civilization)
(dated) China

Synonyms

(the Central Plain): (archaic) 中國／中国 (Zhōngguó), 中原 (Zhōngyuán), 中州 (Zhōngzhōu)
(China): 中國／中国 (Zhōngguó)

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