拓荒
Appearance
Chinese
[edit]expand; support on palm; to develop expand; support on palm; to develop; to open up; make rubbing |
out of practice; uncultivated | ||
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trad. (拓荒) | 拓 | 荒 | |
simp. #(拓荒) | 拓 | 荒 |
Pronunciation
[edit]- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄛˋ ㄏㄨㄤ
- Tongyong Pinyin: tuòhuang
- Wade–Giles: tʻo4-huang1
- Yale: twò-hwāng
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tuohhuang
- Palladius: тохуан (toxuan)
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰu̯ɔ⁵¹ xu̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: tok3 fong1
- Yale: tok fōng
- Cantonese Pinyin: tok8 fong1
- Guangdong Romanization: tog3 fong1
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰɔːk̚³ fɔːŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
Verb
[edit]拓荒
- (agriculture, literally) to reclaim wasteland; to open up land (for agriculture)
- (figurative) to explore in a new field
Synonyms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]- 拓荒者 (tuòhuāngzhě)