破土

Chinese

		to break; to split; broken to break; to split; broken; damaged; worn out	earth; dust; rural earth; dust; rural; uncouth; uncultured; plebeian
simp. and trad. (破土)		破	土

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pòtǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄛˋ ㄊㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): po³ tou²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): phò͘-thó͘ / phò-thó͘ / phòa-thó͘

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pòtǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄛˋ ㄊㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pòtǔ
    • Wade–Giles: pʻo⁴-tʻu³
    • Yale: pwò-tǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pohtuu
    • Palladius: поту (potu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰu̯ɔ⁵¹ tʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: po³ tou²
    • Yale: po tóu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: po³ tou²
    • Guangdong Romanization: po³ tou²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɔː³³ tʰou̯³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phò͘-thó͘
    • Tâi-lô: phòo-thóo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phortor
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰɔ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tʰɔ⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phò-thó͘
    • Tâi-lô: phò-thóo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phoirtor
    • IPA (Taipei): /pʰo¹¹⁻⁵³ tʰɔ⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰɤ²¹⁻⁴¹ tʰɔ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /pʰo²¹⁻⁵³ tʰɔ⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phòa-thó͘
    • Tâi-lô: phuà-thóo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phoartor
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰua²¹⁻⁴¹ tʰɔ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pʰua¹¹⁻⁵³ tʰɔ⁵³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /pʰua²¹⁻⁵³ tʰɔ⁵³/

Verb

破土

1. to break ground (in starting a building project, etc.)
2. to start spring ploughing
3. to break through the soil (of a seedling)