土佐

Chinese

		earth; dust; rural earth; dust; rural; uncouth; uncultured; plebeian	assist
simp. and trad. (土佐)		土	佐

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 土佐 (Tosa).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Tǔzuǒ

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄨˇ ㄗㄨㄛˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): tou² zo³ / tou² zo⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Tǔzuǒ [Phonetic: túzuǒ]
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄨˇ ㄗㄨㄛˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Tǔzuǒ
  - Wade–Giles: Tʻu³-tso³
  - Yale: Tǔ-dzwǒ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Tuutzuoo
  - Palladius: Туцзо (Tuczo)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰu²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡su̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: tou² zo³ / tou² zo⁶
  - Yale: tóu jo / tóu joh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tou² dzo³ / tou² dzo⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: tou² zo³ / tou² zo⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰou̯³⁵ t͡sɔː³³/, /tʰou̯³⁵ t͡sɔː²²/

Proper noun

土佐

(～市) Tosa (a city in Kōchi Prefecture, Japan)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
土	佐
と Grade: 1	さ Grade: 4
on'yomi

Proper noun

土(と)佐(さ) • (Tosa)

Tosa (a city in Kōchi Prefecture, Japan)
Tosa Province, an old province of Japan
a surname