穢土

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

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• 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

1. (Buddhism) impure land; earthly realm; land of the living
2. 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)

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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)

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

Antonyms

• 浄土 (じょうど) (jōdo)

References

1. 1974, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Second Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō