肥土

Chinese

		fat; fertile; loose-fitting	earth; dust; rural earth; dust; rural; uncouth; uncultured; plebeian
trad. (肥土)		肥	土
simp. ^#(肥土)		肥	土
anagram		土肥

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): féitǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄈㄟˊ ㄊㄨˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): fei⁴ tou²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: féitǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄟˊ ㄊㄨˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: féitǔ
  - Wade–Giles: fei²-tʻu³
  - Yale: féi-tǔ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: feirtuu
  - Palladius: фэйту (fɛjtu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /feɪ̯³⁵ tʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: fei⁴ tou²
  - Yale: fèih tóu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fei⁴ tou²
  - Guangdong Romanization: féi⁴ tou²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fei̯²¹ tʰou̯³⁵/

Middle Chinese: bj+j thuX

Rime
Character	肥	土
Reading #	1/1	1/2
Initial (聲)	並 (3)	透 (6)
Final (韻)	微 (21)	模 (23)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	III	I
Fanqie	符非切	他魯切
Baxter	bj+j	thuX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/bʉi/	/tʰuo^X/
Pan Wuyun	/bʷɨi/	/tʰuo^X/
Shao Rongfen	/biuəi/	/tʰo^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/buj/	/tʰɔ^X/
Li Rong	/biuəi/	/tʰo^X/
Wang Li	/bĭwəi/	/tʰu^X/
Bernhard Karlgren	/bʱwe̯i/	/tʰuo^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	féi	tǔ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fei⁴	tou²

Noun

肥土

fertile soil; fertile land

Synonyms

沃土 (wòtǔ)
沃壤 (wòrǎng)
肥地 (féidì)
肥塗 / 肥涂 (Taiwanese Hokkien)
肥田 (féitián)

Antonyms

㾪田 (Hokkien)
瘠田 (jítián)
竭地 (Hokkien)
薄地 (bódì)
薄田 (bótián)

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 肥土 – see 肥塗 (“fertile soil; fertile land”). (This term is the simplified form of 肥塗).
Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.