挖土

Chinese

		to dig; to excavate; to scoop out	earth; dust; rural earth; dust; rural; uncouth; uncultured; plebeian
trad. (挖土)		挖	土
simp. #(挖土)		挖	土

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wātǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄚ ㄊㄨˇ

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

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wātǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄚ ㄊㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: watǔ
    • Wade–Giles: wa¹-tʻu³
    • Yale: wā-tǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: uatuu
    • Palladius: вату (vatu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wä⁵⁵ tʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iah-thô͘
    • Tâi-lô: iah-thôo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iahtoo
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ia(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ tʰɔ²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ia(ʔ)⁵ tʰɔ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ia(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ tʰɔ¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ia(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ tʰɔ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ia(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ tʰɔ²³/

Verb

挖土

1. to dig up earth; to excavate

Derived terms

• 挖土機 / 挖土机 (wātǔjī)