漂白土

Chinese

		to bleach; to launder	earth; dust; rural earth; dust; rural; uncouth; uncultured; plebeian
trad. (漂白土)		漂白	土
simp. #(漂白土)		漂白	土

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 漂(ひょう)白(はく)土(ど) (hyōhakudo). Calque of German Bleicherde.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): piǎobáitǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄧㄠˇ ㄅㄞˊ ㄊㄨˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: piǎobáitǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄧㄠˇ ㄅㄞˊ ㄊㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: piǎobáitǔ
    • Wade–Giles: pʻiao³-pai²-tʻu³
    • Yale: pyǎu-bái-tǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: peaubairtuu
    • Palladius: пяобайту (pjaobajtu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ paɪ̯³⁵ tʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Noun

漂白土

1. fuller's earth

   Synonym: 富勒土