土豚

Chinese

		earth; dust; rural earth; dust; rural; uncouth; uncultured; plebeian	suckling pig
simp. and trad. (土豚)		土	豚

Etymology

Calque of Afrikaans erdvark (“earth pig”).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tǔtún

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄨˇ ㄊㄨㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): tou² tyun⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: tǔtún
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄨˇ ㄊㄨㄣˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tuutwen
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ tʰu̯ən³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: tou² tyun⁴
  - Yale: tóu tyùhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tou² tyn⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: tou² tün⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰou̯³⁵ tʰyːn²¹/

Noun

土豚

an aardvark (mammal)

See also

土狼 (tǔláng, “aardwolf”)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
土	豚
つち Grade: 1	ぶた Grade: S
kun’yomi

Etymology

土 (tsuchi, “earth”) +‎ 豚 (buta, “pig”), calque of Afrikaans erdvark (“earth pig”).

Pronunciation

Kun’yomi
- (Tokyo) つちぶた [tsùchíbútá] (Heiban – [0])[1]
- IPA^(key): [t͡sɨ̥ᵝt͡ɕibɯ̟ᵝta̠]

Noun

土豚 (hiragana つちぶた, katakana ツチブタ, rōmaji tsuchibuta)

an aardvark (mammal)

See also

土 (ツチ)狼 (オオカミ) (tsuchiōkami)

References

2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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