一抔黃土

Chinese

		one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	take up in both hands	loess
trad. (一抔黃土)		一	抔	黃土
simp. (一抔黄土)		一	抔	黄土
Literally: “a handful of yellow earth”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yīpóuhuángtǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄧ ㄆㄡˊ ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄊㄨˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yīpóuhuángtǔ [Phonetic: yìpóuhuángtǔ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄧ ㄆㄡˊ ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄊㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yipóuhuángtǔ
    • Wade–Giles: i¹-pʻou²-huang²-tʻu³
    • Yale: yī-póu-hwáng-tǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ipourhwangtuu
    • Palladius: ипоухуанту (ipouxuantu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ pʰoʊ̯³⁵ xu̯ɑŋ³⁵ tʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Idiom

一抔黃土

1. (figuratively, literary) grave
2. (figuratively) little land
3. (figuratively) declining, insignificant reactionary force