土佐
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Chinese
earth; dust; rural earth; dust; rural; uncouth; uncultured; plebeian |
assist | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| simp. and trad. (土佐) |
土 | 佐 | |
Etymology
Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 土佐 (Tosa).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄊㄨˇ ㄗㄨㄛˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: Tǔzuǒ
- Wade–Giles: Tʻu3-tso3
- Yale: Tǔ-dzwǒ
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Tuutzuoo
- Palladius: Туцзо (Tuczo)
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰu²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡su̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: tou2 zo3 / tou2 zo6
- Yale: tóu jo / tóu joh
- Cantonese Pinyin: tou2 dzo3 / tou2 dzo6
- Guangdong Romanization: tou2 zo3 / tou2 zo6
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰou̯³⁵ t͡sɔː³³/, /tʰou̯³⁵ t͡sɔː²²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Proper noun
土佐
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 土 | 佐 |
| と Grade: 1 |
さ Grade: 4 |
| on'yomi | |
Proper noun
- Tosa (a city in Kōchi Prefecture, Japan)
- Tosa Province, an old province of Japan
- a surname