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Chinese
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earth; dust; rural earth; dust; rural; uncouth; uncultured; plebeian |
spoken words; speech; dialect spoken words; speech; dialect; language; talk; conversation; what someone said |
| trad. (土話)
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土
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話
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| simp. (土话)
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土
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话
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Pronunciation
Noun
土話
- local, colloquial expressions; local dialect
- 羊城土話／羊城土话 [Cantonese] ― joeng4 sing4 tou2 waa6-2 ― Canton dialect
1886, A. Mouillesaux de Bernières, 公餘瑣談 [Leçons progressives pour l'étude du chinois parlé et écrit], Peking: Typographie du Pé-T'ang, page 10:
各處兒有各處兒的土話，不能都學，要緊的是學官話。官話能說了，各處兒的人，都可以懂得。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
各处儿有各处儿的土话，不能都学，要紧的是学官话。官话能说了，各处儿的人，都可以懂得。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]- Gèchùr yǒu gèchùr de tǔhuà, bùnéng dōu xué, yàojǐn de shì xué guānhuà. Guānhuà néng shuō le, gèchùr de rén, dōu kěyǐ dǒngde.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (Hokkien) rough and blunt speech
Synonyms
- (local, colloquial expressions): (Xiang) 土話子／土话子
Derived terms