故土

Chinese

		happening; instance; reason happening; instance; reason; cause; deceased; old	earth; dust; rural earth; dust; rural; uncouth; uncultured; plebeian
simp. and trad. (故土)		故	土

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gùtǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨˋ ㄊㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gu³ tou²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kò͘-thó͘

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gùtǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨˋ ㄊㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gùtǔ
    • Wade–Giles: ku⁴-tʻu³
    • Yale: gù-tǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guhtuu
    • Palladius: гуту (gutu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku⁵¹ tʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gu³ tou²
    • Yale: gu tóu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gu³ tou²
    • Guangdong Romanization: gu³ tou²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuː³³ tʰou̯³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kò͘-thó͘
    • Tâi-lô: kòo-thóo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kortor
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kɔ²¹⁻⁵³ tʰɔ⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tʰɔ⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kɔ²¹⁻⁵³ tʰɔ⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kɔ¹¹⁻⁵³ tʰɔ⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɔ²¹⁻⁴¹ tʰɔ⁴¹/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 故土

1. native land; native place; birthplace; hometown
2. lost territory
3. (literary, figurative) the world; everything under the sky; all under heaven
4. (literary) homeland; home country; motherland; fatherland

Synonyms

• (native land):

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• 土 (literary, or in compounds)
• 家鄉／家乡 (jiāxiāng)
• 故國／故国 (gùguó) (literary)
• 故園／故园 (gùyuán) (literary)
• 故鄉／故乡 (gùxiāng)
• 故里 (gùlǐ)
• 老家 (lǎojiā)
• 老屋 (Hakka)
• 鄉下／乡下
• 鄉土／乡土 (xiāngtǔ)
• 鄉梓／乡梓 (xiāngzǐ) (literary)
• 鄉關／乡关 (xiāngguān) (literary)
• 鄉黨／乡党 (xiāngdǎng) (Classical)

 

• (the world):

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• 世 (shì) (literary, or in compounds)
• 世界 (shìjiè)
• 區宇／区宇 (qūyǔ) (literary, figurative)
• 四國／四国 (sìguó) (literary)
• 四海 (sìhǎi) (literary, figurative)
• 域中 (yùzhōng) (literary)
• 天下 (tiānxià) (literary, figurative)
• 天跤下 (Hokkien, figurative)
• 宇內／宇内 (yǔnèi) (literary, figurative)
• 薄海 (bóhǎi) (literary, figurative)

 

• (homeland): 祖國／祖国 (zǔguó)