土魷

Chinese

		earth; dust; rural earth; dust; rural; uncouth; uncultured; plebeian	cuttlefish
trad. (土魷)		土	魷
simp. (土鱿)		土	鱿

Etymology

土 (tou²) is a euphemism for 乾 / 干 (gon¹), created by writing the variant form 干 (gon¹) upside down.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tou² jau^4-2

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tou² jau^4-2
    • Yale: tóu yáu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tou² jau^4-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: tou² yeo^4-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰou̯³⁵ jɐu̯²¹⁻³⁵/

Noun

土魷

1. (Cantonese) dried squid