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
(Pinyin): chǎzhǎ

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄚˇ ㄓㄚˇ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: chǎzhǎ [Phonetic: cházhǎ]
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄚˇ ㄓㄚˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chaajaa
  - IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰä²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʈ͡ʂä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

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。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  道之真以治身，其绪余以为国家，其土苴以治天下。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: Zhuangzi, circa 3^rd – 2^nd 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.

Verb

土苴

(literary, figuratively) to view as lowly; to look down on

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