土鱉

Chinese

		earth; dust; rural earth; dust; rural; uncouth; uncultured; plebeian	turtle
trad. (土鱉/土鼈)		土	鱉/鼈
simp. (土鳖)		土	鳖

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tǔbiē

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄨˇ ㄅㄧㄝ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tou² bit³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thó͘-pih

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tǔbiē
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄨˇ ㄅㄧㄝ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tǔbie
    • Wade–Giles: tʻu³-pieh¹
    • Yale: tǔ-byē
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tuubie
    • Palladius: тубе (tube)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹ pi̯ɛ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tou² bit³
    • Yale: tóu bit
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tou² bit⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: tou² bid³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰou̯³⁵ piːt̚³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thó͘-pih
    • Tâi-lô: thóo-pih
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tofpiq
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tʰɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ piʔ³²/

Noun

土鱉

1. Chinese ground beetle (Eupolyphaga sinensis)
2. (dialectal, figurative) old-fashioned person; one who has seen nothing of life
3. (neologism) one who has never studied/lived overseas

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 地鱉 (“ground beetle”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		地鱉, 土鱉
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	地鱉, 地鱉蟲
	Harbin	土鱉
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	土鱉
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	土鱉
Central Plains Mandarin	Wanrong	簸箕蟲, 地鱉
	Xi'an	簸箕蟲
	Xuzhou	土鱉子
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	土鱉
	Ürümqi	鞋底板
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	地烏龜, 地鱉蟲
	Wuhan	地團魚
	Guiyang	地鱉蟲
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	土鱉
	Yangzhou	地鱉蟲子
Cantonese	Dongguan	地鱉
Gan	Pingxiang	土鱉
Hakka	Meixian	地蚻仔
Huizhou	Jixi	土鱉, 土鱉蟲
Jin	Taiyuan	缽缽蟲, 西瓜蟲
Southern Min	Xiamen	塗鱉
	Jinjiang	塗𧑹
	Zhangzhou	塗鱉
Wu	Shanghai	地鱉蟲
	Shanghai (Chongming)	地皮蟲
	Suzhou	地鱉蟲
	Danyang	地鱉蟲
	Hangzhou	地鱉蟲
	Ningbo	地鱉蟲
	Jinhua	地鱉蟲
Xiang	Changsha	土鱉

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

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

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thô͘-pih
    • Tâi-lô: thôo-pih
    • Phofsit Daibuun: to'piq
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰɔ²³⁻³³ piʔ³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰɔ²⁴⁻¹¹ piʔ³²/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tʰɔ²⁴⁻²² piʔ³²/

Noun

土鱉

1. (Hokkien) Alternative form of 塗鱉 / 涂鳖