動土

Chinese

		to move; to change; to use to move; to change; to use; to act	earth; dust; rural earth; dust; rural; uncouth; uncultured; plebeian
trad. (動土)		動	土
simp. (动土)		动	土

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dòngtǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄥˋ ㄊㄨˇ

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tāng-thó͘

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dòngtǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄥˋ ㄊㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dòngtǔ
    • Wade–Giles: tung⁴-tʻu³
    • Yale: dùng-tǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: donqtuu
    • Palladius: дунту (duntu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʊŋ⁵¹ tʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 凍土／冻土 動土／动土

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tāng-thó͘
    • Tâi-lô: tāng-thóo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: daxngtor
    • IPA (Xiamen): /taŋ²²⁻²¹ tʰɔ⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /taŋ⁴¹⁻²² tʰɔ⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /taŋ²²⁻²¹ tʰɔ⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /taŋ³³⁻¹¹ tʰɔ⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /taŋ³³⁻²¹ tʰɔ⁴¹/

Verb

動土

1. to break ground; to start building