土肥圓

Chinese

		earth; dust; rural earth; dust; rural; uncouth; uncultured; plebeian	fat; fertile; loose-fitting	circle; round; circular circle; round; circular; spherical; (of the moon) full; unit of Chinese currency (Yuan); tactful; to justify
trad. (土肥圓)		土	肥	圓
simp. (土肥圆)		土	肥	圆

Etymology

Homophonic play in Mandarin on the surname 土肥原 (Tǔféiyuán) of 土肥原賢二 (Kenji Doihara), a class-A Japanese war criminal in World War II.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tǔféiyuán

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄨˇ ㄈㄟˊ ㄩㄢˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tǔféiyuán
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄨˇ ㄈㄟˊ ㄩㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tǔféiyuán
    • Wade–Giles: tʻu³-fei²-yüan²
    • Yale: tǔ-féi-ywán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tuufeiryuan
    • Palladius: туфэйюань (tufɛjjuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹ feɪ̯³⁵ ɥɛn³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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Noun

土肥圓

1. (neologism, humorous, derogatory) someone who is unrefined, pot-bellied and chubby-faced

See also

• 土肥 (tǔféi)
• 肥圓／肥圆