一抔黃土
Chinese
one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.) |
take up in both hands | loess | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (一抔黃土) | 一 | 抔 | 黃土 | |
| simp. (一抔黄土) | 一 | 抔 | 黄土 | |
| Literally: “a handful of yellow earth”. | ||||
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Pinyin): yīpóuhuángtǔ
- (Zhuyin): ㄧ ㄆㄡˊ ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄊㄨˇ
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: yīpóuhuángtǔ [Phonetic: yìpóuhuángtǔ]
- Zhuyin: ㄧ ㄆㄡˊ ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄊㄨˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: yipóuhuángtǔ
- Wade–Giles: i1-pʻou2-huang2-tʻu3
- Yale: yī-póu-hwáng-tǔ
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ipourhwangtuu
- Palladius: ипоухуанту (ipouxuantu)
- Sinological IPA (key): /i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ pʰoʊ̯³⁵ xu̯ɑŋ³⁵ tʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
Idiom
一抔黃土
- (figuratively, literary) grave
- (figuratively) little land
- (figuratively) declining, insignificant reactionary force