埋土
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Chinese
[edit]to blame; bury | earth; dust; rural earth; dust; rural; uncouth; uncultured; plebeian | ||
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simp. and trad. (埋土) |
埋 | 土 | |
Literally: “to bury in earth”. |
Etymology
[edit]Alteration of 理工 due to superstitious connotations related to 工字不出頭/工字不出头 (“one cannot become successful in life by being a worker”, literally “the vertical stroke in the character 工 does not poke above the first horizontal stroke”). The 𤣩 and 工 in 理工 are therefore replaced with 土, where the vertical stroke pokes above the first horizontal stroke.
Pronunciation
[edit]- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: maai4 tou2
- Yale: màaih tóu
- Cantonese Pinyin: maai4 tou2
- Guangdong Romanization: mai4 tou2
- Sinological IPA (key): /maːi̯²¹ tʰou̯³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Proper noun
[edit]埋土