拓荒

Chinese

		expand; support on palm; to develop expand; support on palm; to develop; to open up; make rubbing	out of practice; uncultivated
trad. (拓荒)		拓	荒
simp. #(拓荒)		拓	荒

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tuòhuāng

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄨㄛˋ ㄏㄨㄤ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tok³ fong¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thok-hong

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tuòhuāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄛˋ ㄏㄨㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tuòhuang
    • Wade–Giles: tʻo⁴-huang¹
    • Yale: twò-hwāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tuohhuang
    • Palladius: тохуан (toxuan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰu̯ɔ⁵¹ xu̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tok³ fong¹
    • Yale: tok fōng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tok⁸ fong¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: tog³ fong¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɔːk̚³ fɔːŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thok-hong
    • Tâi-lô: thok-hong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tokhofng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tʰɔk̚³²⁻⁴ hɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰɔk̚⁵⁻²⁴ hɔŋ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰɔk̚³²⁻⁵ hɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰɔk̚³²⁻⁴ hɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰɔk̚³²⁻⁴ hɔŋ⁴⁴/

Verb

拓荒

1. (agriculture, literally) to reclaim wasteland; to open up land (for agriculture)
2. (figurative) to explore in a new field

Synonyms

• (to reclaim wasteland): 開荒／开荒 (kāihuāng), 墾荒／垦荒 (kěnhuāng)