土味

Chinese

		earth; dust; rural earth; dust; rural; uncouth; uncultured; plebeian	taste
simp. and trad. (土味)		土	味

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tǔwèi

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄨˇ ㄨㄟˋ

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thô͘-bī

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tǔwèi
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄨˇ ㄨㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tǔwèi
    • Wade–Giles: tʻu³-wei⁴
    • Yale: tǔ-wèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tuuwey
    • Palladius: тувэй (tuvɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹ weɪ̯⁵¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thô͘-bī
    • Tâi-lô: thôo-bī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: to'bi
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tʰɔ²⁴⁻²² bi²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰɔ²⁴⁻²² bi⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰɔ¹³⁻²² bi²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰɔ²⁴⁻¹¹ bi³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰɔ²³⁻³³ bi³³/

Noun

土味

1. smell or taste of soil
2. (literary) sweetness; sweet taste

Adjective

土味

1. (neologism, slang) countryside-style; old-fashioned; cringeworthy or cheesy

Synonyms

• (sweetness): 甘味 (gānwèi), 甜味 (tiánwèi)

Derived terms

• 土味情話 / 土味情话 (tǔwèi qínghuà)