焦土

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Chinese

		burnt; scorched; worried burnt; scorched; worried; anxious	earth; dust; rural earth; dust; rural; uncouth; uncultured; plebeian
simp. and trad. (焦土)		焦	土

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jiāotǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄠㄊㄨˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ziu¹ tou²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jiāotǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄠㄊㄨˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jiaotǔ
  - Wade–Giles: chiao¹-tʻu³
  - Yale: jyāu-tǔ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiautuu
  - Palladius: цзяоту (czjaotu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵ tʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ziu¹ tou²
  - Yale: jīu tóu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dziu¹ tou²
  - Guangdong Romanization: jiu¹ tou²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siːu̯⁵⁵ tʰou̯³⁵/

Noun

焦土

(literally) scorched earth
(figuratively) ravages of war

Descendants

→ English: scorched earth (calque)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
焦	土
しょう Grade: S	と Grade: 1
on’yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) しょーと (Atamadaka – )
IPA^(key):

Noun

焦(しょう)土(と) • (shōto) ^{←せうと (seuto)^?}

scorched earth

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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