淨土

See also: 净土, 凈土, and 浄土

Chinese

		clean; completely; only	earth; dust; rural earth; dust; rural; uncouth; uncultured; plebeian
trad. (淨土)		淨	土
simp. (净土)		净	土
alternative forms		凈土／净土

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jìngtǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄥˋ ㄊㄨˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zing⁶ tou²
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): chēng-thó͘

(Teochew, Peng'im): zêng⁶ tou²
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶zhin-thu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jìngtǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄥˋ ㄊㄨˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jìngtǔ
  - Wade–Giles: ching⁴-tʻu³
  - Yale: jìng-tǔ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jinqtuu
  - Palladius: цзинту (czintu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕiŋ⁵¹ tʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zing⁶ tou²
  - Yale: jihng tóu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzing⁶ tou²
  - Guangdong Romanization: jing⁶ tou²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɪŋ²² tʰou̯³⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chēng-thó͘
  - Tâi-lô: tsīng-thóo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zexngtor
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡siɪŋ²²⁻²¹ tʰɔ⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siɪŋ⁴¹⁻²² tʰɔ⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siɪŋ²²⁻²¹ tʰɔ⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡siɪŋ³³⁻¹¹ tʰɔ⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siɪŋ³³⁻²¹ tʰɔ⁴¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: zêng⁶ tou²
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsĕng thóu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡seŋ³⁵⁻¹¹ tʰou⁵²/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶zhin-thu
  - MiniDict: zhin^去 thu
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³xxin-thu
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ʑin²² tʰu⁴⁴/

Noun

淨土

(Buddhism) pure land
(figurative) clean and unpolluted place

Antonyms

(antonym(s) of “pure land”): 穢土／秽土 (huìtǔ)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (淨土):

→ Japanese: 浄(じょう)土(ど) (jōdo)
→ Korean: 정토(淨土) (jeongto)
→ Vietnamese: tịnh độ (淨土)

Other

English: Pure Land, pure land

Japanese

Kanji in this term
淨	土
じょう Jinmeiyō	ど Grade: 1
on'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 淨土 – see the following entry.

【浄土じょうど】

[noun] (Buddhism) the pure land, the celestial realm of a buddha or bodhisattva

(This term, 淨土, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
淨	土

Noun

淨土

chữ Hán form of tịnh độ (“pure land”)