樂土

樂土

Chinese

		music; happy; laugh music; happy; laugh; cheerful	earth; dust; rural earth; dust; rural; uncouth; uncultured; plebeian
trad. (樂土)		樂	土
simp. (乐土)		乐	土

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lètǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄜˋ ㄊㄨˇ

• Min Nan (POJ): lo̍k-thô͘

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: lètǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄜˋ ㄊㄨˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lehtuu
    • IPA ^(key): /lɤ⁵¹ tʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lo̍k-thô͘
    • Tâi-lô: lo̍k-thôo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: logtoo
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lɔk̚⁴⁻³² tʰɔ²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lɔk̚²⁴⁻²² tʰɔ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lɔk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ tʰɔ¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /lɔk̚⁴⁻³² tʰɔ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lɔk̚⁴⁻³² tʰɔ²³/

Noun

樂土

1. land of happiness; paradise

   • 逝將去女，適彼樂土。樂土樂土，爰得我所。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     逝将去女，适彼乐土。乐土乐土，爰得我所。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Classic of Poetry, circa 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Shì jiāng qù rǔ, shì bǐ lètǔ. Lètǔ lètǔ, yuán dé wǒ suǒ. [Pinyin]

     We will leave you,
     And go to that happy land.
     Happy land! Happy land!
     There shall we find our place.