thổ địa

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [tʰo˧˩ ʔɗiə˧˨ʔ]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [tʰow˧˨ ʔɗiə˨˩ʔ]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [tʰow˨˩˦ ʔɗiə˨˩˨]

Etymology 1

Sino-Vietnamese word from 土地.

Adjective

thổ địa

1. (communism) regarding the confiscation of private land owned by feudal landlords for public use, especially for poor indentured farmers

   cách mạng thổ địa ― the "revolutions" for publicizing private land

Etymology 2

Short for Chinese 土地神 (thổ địa thần) or 土地公 (thổ địa công, literally “land lord; land duke”), popularized by the 1986 Chinese TV series Journey to the West, based on the way the main character Sun Wukong calls on "land spirits" for intel, usually on the local monsters that have kidnapped his master Xuanzang.

Noun

thổ địa

1. (mythology, especially Chinese mythology or fiction) Tudigong

   Synonyms: thổ công, sơn thần thổ địa, ông địa