瘠土

Chinese

		barren; lean	earth; dust; rural earth; dust; rural; uncouth; uncultured; plebeian
trad. (瘠土)		瘠	土
simp. ^#(瘠土)		瘠	土

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jítǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧˊ ㄊㄨˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zek³ tou²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jítǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˊ ㄊㄨˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jítǔ
  - Wade–Giles: chi²-tʻu³
  - Yale: jí-tǔ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyituu
  - Palladius: цзиту (czitu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi³⁵ tʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zek³ tou²
  - Yale: jek tóu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzek⁸ tou²
  - Guangdong Romanization: zég³ tou²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɛːk̚³ tʰou̯³⁵/

Noun

瘠土

infertile soil (Classifier: 片 m c)
- 2020, “致明日的舞 [A Dance For Tomorrow]”, Oscar (lyrics), 林家謙 [Terence Lam] (music)‎performed by 陳奕迅 [Eason Chan]:
  
  躺於瘠土一片　若你沒法入眠　踮起腳尖 [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
  躺于瘠土一片　若你没法入眠　踮起脚尖 [Literary Cantonese, simp.]
  tong² jyu¹ zek³ tou² jat¹ pin³, joek⁶ nei⁵ mut⁶ faat³ jap⁶ min⁴, dim³ hei² goek³ zim¹ [Jyutping]
  Lying on a piece of barren land, if you cannot fall asleep, stand on your tiptoes

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