土鱉
Chinese
earth; dust; rural earth; dust; rural; uncouth; uncultured; plebeian |
turtle | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (土鱉/土鼈) | 土 | 鱉/鼈 | |
| simp. (土鳖) | 土 | 鳖 | |
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: tǔbiē
- Zhuyin: ㄊㄨˇ ㄅㄧㄝ
- Tongyong Pinyin: tǔbie
- Wade–Giles: tʻu3-pieh1
- Yale: tǔ-byē
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tuubie
- Palladius: тубе (tube)
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹ pi̯ɛ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: tou2 bit3
- Yale: tóu bit
- Cantonese Pinyin: tou2 bit8
- Guangdong Romanization: tou2 bid3
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰou̯³⁵ piːt̚³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thó͘-pih
- Tâi-lô: thóo-pih
- Phofsit Daibuun: tofpiq
- IPA (Xiamen): /tʰɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ piʔ³²/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
Noun
土鱉
- Chinese ground beetle (Eupolyphaga sinensis)
- (dialectal, figurative) old-fashioned person; one who has seen nothing of life
- (neologism) one who has never studied/lived overseas
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 地鱉 (“ground beetle”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 地鱉, 土鱉 | |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 地鱉, 地鱉蟲 |
| Harbin | 土鱉 | |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 土鱉 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 土鱉 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 簸箕蟲, 地鱉 |
| Xi'an | 簸箕蟲 | |
| Xuzhou | 土鱉子 | |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 土鱉 |
| Ürümqi | 鞋底板 | |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 地烏龜, 地鱉蟲 |
| Wuhan | 地團魚 | |
| Guiyang | 地鱉蟲 | |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 土鱉 |
| Yangzhou | 地鱉蟲子 | |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 地鱉 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 土鱉 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 地蚻仔 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 土鱉, 土鱉蟲 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 缽缽蟲, 西瓜蟲 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 塗鱉 |
| Jinjiang | 塗𧑹 | |
| Zhangzhou | 塗鱉 | |
| Wu | Shanghai | 地鱉蟲 |
| Shanghai (Chongming) | 地皮蟲 | |
| Suzhou | 地鱉蟲 | |
| Danyang | 地鱉蟲 | |
| Hangzhou | 地鱉蟲 | |
| Ningbo | 地鱉蟲 | |
| Jinhua | 地鱉蟲 | |
| Xiang | Changsha | 土鱉 |
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thô͘-pih
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thô͘-pih
- Tâi-lô: thôo-pih
- Phofsit Daibuun: to'piq
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰɔ²³⁻³³ piʔ³²/
- IPA (Taipei): /tʰɔ²⁴⁻¹¹ piʔ³²/
- IPA (Xiamen): /tʰɔ²⁴⁻²² piʔ³²/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
Noun
土鱉