土木系

Chinese

		earth; dust; rural earth; dust; rural; uncouth; uncultured; plebeian	tree; wood	be; system; to tie be; system; to tie; department; faculty
trad. (土木系)		土	木	系
simp. #(土木系)		土	木	系

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Tǔmùxì

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄨˇ ㄇㄨˋ ㄒㄧˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Tǔmùxì
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄨˇ ㄇㄨˋ ㄒㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Tǔmùsì
    • Wade–Giles: Tʻu³-mu⁴-hsi⁴
    • Yale: Tǔ-mù-syì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Tuumuhshih
    • Palladius: Тумуси (Tumusi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹ mu⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕi⁵¹/

Etymology 1

Blend of 十一 (shíyī, “eleven”) +‎ 十八 (shíbā, “eighteen”) into 土 and 木 (mù). Eleven and eighteen corresponds to the 11th class of Army University and 18th Army, in which Chen Cheng had great influence.

Proper noun

土木系

1. (historical) A military clique within the National Revolutionary Army led by general Chen Cheng.

Etymology 2

Short form.

Noun

土木系

1. (education) Short for 土木工程系 (tǔmù gōngchéng xì, “department of civil engineering”).