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土撥鼠. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word
土撥鼠, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say
土撥鼠 in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word
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Chinese
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earth; dust; rural earth; dust; rural; uncouth; uncultured; plebeian
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to push aside; to appropriate (money); to move to push aside; to appropriate (money); to move; to set aside; group; batch; to poke; to stir
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rat; mouse
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trad. (土撥鼠)
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土
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撥
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鼠
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simp. (土拨鼠)
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土
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拨
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鼠
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Etymology
First attested in Bencao Shiyi (本草拾遺, 739 CE) by Chen Cangqi (陳藏器). A loan-blend consisting of 土撥 (Phono-semantic matching of Proto-Mongolic *tarbagan) and 鼠 (Han, 2023).
Pronunciation
Rime
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Character
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土
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土
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撥
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鼠
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Reading #
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1/2
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2/2
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1/1
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1/1
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Initial (聲)
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透 (6)
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定 (7)
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幫 (1)
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書 (26)
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Final (韻)
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模 (23)
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模 (23)
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末 (64)
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魚 (22)
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Tone (調)
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Rising (X)
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Rising (X)
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Checked (Ø)
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Rising (X)
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Openness (開合)
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Open
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Open
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Closed
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Open
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Division (等)
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I
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I
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I
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III
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Fanqie
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他魯切
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徒古切
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北末切
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舒吕切
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Baxter
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thuX
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duX
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pat
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syoX
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Reconstructions
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Zhengzhang Shangfang
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/tʰuoX/
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/duoX/
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/puɑt̚/
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/ɕɨʌX/
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Pan Wuyun
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/tʰuoX/
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/duoX/
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/pʷɑt̚/
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/ɕiɔX/
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Shao Rongfen
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/tʰoX/
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/doX/
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/puɑt̚/
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/ɕiɔX/
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Edwin Pulleyblank
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/tʰɔX/
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/dɔX/
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/pwat̚/
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/ɕɨə̆X/
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Li Rong
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/tʰoX/
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/doX/
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/puɑt̚/
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/ɕiɔX/
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Wang Li
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/tʰuX/
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/duX/
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/puɑt̚/
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/ɕĭoX/
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Bernhard Karlgren
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/tʰuoX/
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/dʱuoX/
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/puɑt̚/
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/ɕi̯woX/
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Expected Mandarin Reflex
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tǔ
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dù
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bo
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shǔ
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Expected Cantonese Reflex
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tou2
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dou6
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but3
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syu2
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Noun
土撥鼠
- marmot
Synonyms
- 旱獺/旱獭 (hàntǎ)
- (literary) 鼧鼥 (tuóbá)
Derived terms
References
Han, Dongyang (韩冬阳) (2023) “土拨鼠”为什么不叫“拨土鼠”. 咬文嚼字(4).