土地公

Chinese

		ground; soil; land ground; soil; land; territory	just; honourable; public just; honourable; public; common; fair; duke; mister
trad. (土地公)		土地	公
simp. #(土地公)		土地	公

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Tǔdìgōng

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄨˇ ㄉㄧˋ ㄍㄨㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tou² dei⁶ gung¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Thú-thi-kûng
• Northern Min (KCR): tǔ-dī-góng
• Eastern Min (BUC): Tū-dê-gŭng
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): tou³ de⁵ gorng¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Thó͘-tī-kong / Thó͘-lī-kong / Thó͘-le̍k-kong / Thó͘-tē-kong / Thú-tǐ-gong

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Tǔdìgōng
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄨˇ ㄉㄧˋ ㄍㄨㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Tǔdìgong
    • Wade–Giles: Tʻu³-ti⁴-kung¹
    • Yale: Tǔ-dì-gūng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Tuudihgong
    • Palladius: Тудигун (Tudigun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹ ti⁵¹ kʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tou² dei⁶ gung¹
    • Yale: tóu deih gūng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tou² dei⁶ gung¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: tou² déi⁶ gung¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰou̯³⁵ tei̯²² kʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Thú-thi-kûng
    • Hakka Romanization System: tu^ˋ ti gung^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: tu³ ti⁴ gung¹
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰu³¹ tʰi⁵⁵ kuŋ²⁴/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: tǔ-dī-góng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰu²¹ ti⁵⁵ kɔŋ⁵⁴/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: Tū-dê-gŭng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰu³³⁻²¹ ^(t-)li²⁴²⁻⁵⁵ ^(k-)uŋ⁵⁵/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: tou³ de⁵ gorng¹ [Phonetic: tou² le⁵ orng¹]
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɔu⁴⁵³⁻¹³ ^(t-)le²¹ ^(k-)ɒŋ⁵³³/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: tou³ de⁵ gorng¹ [Phonetic: tou¹ le⁵ orng¹]
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɔu³³²⁻⁵⁵ ^(t-)le²¹ ^(k-)ɒŋ⁵³³/
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: tou³ de⁵ gorng¹ [Phonetic: tou² loe⁵ orng¹]
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɔu⁴⁵³⁻¹³ ^(t-)lø²¹ ^(k-)ɒŋ⁵³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, Hsinchu, Taichung, Lukang, Sanxia, Kinmen, Magong, Singapore, Philippines)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Thó͘-tī-kong
    • Tâi-lô: Thóo-tī-kong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tofdixkofng
    • IPA (Lukang): /tʰɔ⁵⁵⁻³⁵ ti³¹⁻²² kɔŋ³³/
    • IPA (Kinmen): /tʰɔ⁵³⁻²⁴ ti²²⁻¹² kɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines): /tʰɔ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ti⁴¹⁻²² kɔŋ³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tʰɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ti²²⁻²¹ kɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Singapore): /tʰɔ⁴²⁻²⁴ ti²²⁻²¹ kɔŋ⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Taipei, Kaohsiung, Tainan, Sanxia, Yilan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Thó͘-lī-kong
    • Tâi-lô: Thóo-lī-kong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: toflixkofng
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ li³³⁻²¹ kɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Yilan): /tʰɔ⁵³⁻⁵⁵ li³³⁻²¹ kɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ li³³⁻¹¹ kɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Tainan): /tʰɔ⁵³⁻⁵⁵ li³³⁻¹¹ kɔŋ⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Thó͘-le̍k-kong
    • Tâi-lô: Thóo-li̍k-kong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: toflegkofng
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liɪk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ kɔŋ⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou-like accent in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Thó͘-tē-kong
    • Tâi-lô: Thóo-tē-kong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tofdexkofng
  • (Hokkien: Longyan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Thú-tǐ-gong
    • Tâi-lô: Thú-tǐ-gong
    • IPA (Longyan): /tʰu²¹ ti⁵³⁻¹¹ ɡoŋ³³⁴/

Proper noun

土地公

1. (religion) Tudigong (a male deity of the soil and the ground in Chinese folk religion)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 土地公 (“Tudigong”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		福德正神, 土地, 土地神
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	土地公
	Ulanhot	土地老
	Tongliao	土地老
	Chifeng	土地爺
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	土地老
	Harbin	土地老兒
	Malaysia	大伯公
	Singapore	土地公, 大伯公
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	土地爺爺, 土地
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	土老爺兒
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	土地爺
	Wanrong	土地爺
	Xuzhou	土地老爺
Lanyin Mandarin	Bayanhot	土地爺
	Lanzhou	土主爺
	Ürümqi	土地爺
Southwestern Mandarin	Liuzhou	社王公
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	土地爺爺, 土地公公
Cantonese	Guangzhou	土地, 土地公
	Hong Kong	土地, 土地公
Gan	Nanchang	土地菩薩
	Pingxiang	土地, 土地公公
Hakka	Meixian	伯公, 土地伯公, 土神
	Xingning	土地伯公
	Yudu	土地公公
	Ruijin	土地老太
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	伯公, 土地伯公
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	伯公, 土地伯公
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	伯公, 土地伯公
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	伯公, 土地伯公
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	伯公, 土地伯公
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	伯公, 土地伯公
Huizhou	Jixi	土地老爺, 土地菩薩
Jin	Taiyuan	土地爺
	Taibus (Baochang)	土地爺
	Linhe	土地爺
	Jining	土地爺
	Hohhot	土地爺
	Baotou	土地爺
	Dongsheng	土地爺
	Haibowan	土神爺
Northern Min	Jian'ou	土地公
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	土地公
Southern Min	Xiamen	土地公, 大伯公
	Quanzhou	土地公
	Zhangzhou	土地公, 大伯公
	Yunxiao	伯公
	Taipei	土地公
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	土地公
	Kaohsiung	土地公
	Yilan	土地公
	Changhua (Lukang)	土地公
	Taichung	土地公
	Tainan	土地公, 福德正神
	Hsinchu	土地公
	Kinmen	土地公
	Penghu (Magong)	土地公
	Penang (Hokkien)	大伯公
	Singapore (Hokkien)	大伯公, 土地公
	Manila (Hokkien)	土地公, 福德正神
	Longyan	土地公
	Shantou	地主爺
	Shantou (Chenghai)	地主爺, 土地爺伯, 伯公
	Shantou (Chaoyang)	土地伯, 伯公
	Nan'ao (Houzhai)	地主爺, 土地爺伯, 伯公
	Nan'ao (Yun'ao)	地主公
	Jieyang	伯公, 福德老爺
	Leizhou	土地公
	Haikou	土地公
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	土地公, 土地
Wu	Shanghai	土地, 土地菩薩
	Wenzhou	土地爺
Xiang	Changsha	土地老倌

Derived terms

• 土地公厝
• 土地公生
• 土地公蛇
• 得失土地公，飼無雞／得失土地公，饲无鸡
• 術佬仔土地公／术佬仔土地公

 

References

• 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “土地公”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 545.