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)⁺
  - Pinyin: huìtǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄟˋ ㄊㄨˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hueytuu
  - Tongyong Pinyin: huèitǔ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xweɪ̯⁵¹ tʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - 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

Antonyms

(impure land): 淨土／净土 (jìngtǔ)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (穢土):

→ Japanese: 穢 (え)土 (ど) (edo)
→ Korean: 예토 (穢土, yeto)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
穢	土
え Hyōgaiji	ど Grade: 1
on’yomi

Pronunciation

On’yomi
- (Tokyo) えど [éꜜdò] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
- IPA^(key): [e̞do̞]

Noun

穢土 (hiragana えど, rōmaji edo)

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

Antonyms

浄土 (じょうど) (jōdo)

References

1974, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Second Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō

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