穢土

Chinese

		dirt; filth	earth; dust; rural earth; dust; rural; uncouth; uncultured; plebeian
trad. (穢土)		穢	土
simp. (秽土)		秽	土

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): huìtǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄟˋ ㄊㄨˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): wai³ tou²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: huìtǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄟˋ ㄊㄨˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: huèitǔ
  - Wade–Giles: hui⁴-tʻu³
  - Yale: hwèi-tǔ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hueytuu
  - Palladius: хуэйту (xuejtu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯eɪ̯⁵¹ tʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: wai³ tou²
  - Yale: wai tóu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wai³ tou²
  - Guangdong Romanization: wei³ tou²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐi̯³³ tʰou̯³⁵/

Noun

穢土

(Buddhism) impure land; earthly realm; land of the living
dirt; mud

Synonyms

(dirt): 髒土／脏土 (zāngtǔ)

Antonyms

(antonym(s) of “impure land”): 淨土／净土 (jìngtǔ)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (穢土):

→ Japanese: 穢土(えど) (edo)
→ Korean: 예토(穢土) (yeto)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
穢	土
え Hyōgai	ど Grade: 1
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) えど [éꜜdò] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
IPA^(key): [e̞do̞]

Noun

穢(え)土(ど) • (edo)

(Buddhism) The Impure Land; the earthly realm, the land of the living.

Antonyms

浄土(じょうど) (jōdo)

References

^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1974), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Second edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō