土苴
Chinese
earth; dust; rural earth; dust; rural; uncouth; uncultured; plebeian |
(hemp); surname; sack cloth | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (土苴) | 土 | 苴 | |
| simp. #(土苴) | 土 | 苴 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: chǎzhǎ [Phonetic: cházhǎ]
- Zhuyin: ㄔㄚˇ ㄓㄚˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: chǎjhǎ
- Wade–Giles: chʻa3-cha3
- Yale: chǎ-jǎ
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chaajaa
- Palladius: чачжа (čačža)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʈ͡ʂʰä²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʈ͡ʂä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
Noun
土苴
- (literary, figuratively) something small and worthless; dross; dregs; trifle
- 道之真以治身，其緒餘以為國家，其土苴以治天下。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad.]
- From: Zhuangzi, circa 3rd – 2nd centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
- Dào zhī zhēn yǐ zhìshēn, qí xùyú yǐ wéi guójiā, qí chǎzhǎ yǐ zhì tiānxià. [Pinyin]
- The true object of the Dao is the regulation of the person. Quite subordinate to this is its use in the management of the state and the clan; while the government of the kingdom is but the dust and refuse of it.
道之真以治身，其绪余以为国家，其土苴以治天下。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, simp.]
Verb
土苴
- (literary, figuratively) to view as lowly; to look down on