桑土
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[edit]mulberry tree | earth; dust; rural earth; dust; rural; uncouth; uncultured; plebeian | ||
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trad. (桑土) | 桑 | 土 | |
simp. #(桑土) | 桑 | 土 | |
anagram | 土桑 |
Pronunciation 1
[edit]- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄙㄤ ㄊㄨˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: sangtǔ
- Wade–Giles: sang1-tʻu3
- Yale: sāng-tǔ
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sangtuu
- Palladius: санту (santu)
- Sinological IPA (key): /sɑŋ⁵⁵ tʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Middle Chinese: sang thuX
- Old Chinese
- (Baxter–Sagart): /*[s]ˤaŋ tʰˤaʔ/
- (Zhengzhang): /*sŋaːŋ l̥ʰaːʔ/
Noun
[edit]桑土
- mulberry field
- 桑土既蠶,是降丘宅土。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: The Book of Documents, circa 4th – 3rd century BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
- Sāngtǔ jì cán, shì jiàng qiū zhái tǔ. [Pinyin]
- The mulberry grounds were made fit for silkworms, and then (the people) came down from the heights, and occupied the grounds (below).
桑土既蚕,是降丘宅土。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]- 桑土既蠶,於是民得下丘居土。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE, translated based on Herbert J. Allen's version
- Sāngtǔ jì cán, yúshì mín dé xià qiū jū tǔ. [Pinyin]
- The mulberry region was supplied with silkworms, and then the people came down from the heights and occupied it.
桑土既蚕,于是民得下丘居土。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
Pronunciation 2
[edit]- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄙㄤ ㄉㄨˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: sangdù
- Wade–Giles: sang1-tu4
- Yale: sāng-dù
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sangduh
- Palladius: санду (sandu)
- Sinological IPA (key): /sɑŋ⁵⁵ tu⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Middle Chinese: sang duX
- Old Chinese
- (Zhengzhang): /*sŋaːŋ l'aːʔ/
Noun
[edit]桑土
- (obsolete) mulberry root
- 迨天之未陰雨、徹彼桑土、綢繆牖戶。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11th – 7th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
- Dài tiān zhī wèi yīnyǔ, chè bǐ sāngdù, chóumóu yǒuhù. [Pinyin]
- Before the sky was dark with rain,
I gathered the roots of the mulberry tree,
And bound round and round my window and door.
迨天之未阴雨、彻彼桑土、绸缪牖户。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]