淨土

See also: 净土, 凈土, and 浄土

Chinese

		clean; completely; only	earth; dust; rural earth; dust; rural; uncouth; uncultured; plebeian
trad. (淨土)		淨	土
simp. (净土)		净	土
alternative forms		凈土／净土

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jìngtǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄥˋ ㄊㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zing⁶ tou²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chēng-thó͘

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jìngtǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄥˋ ㄊㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jìngtǔ
    • Wade–Giles: ching⁴-tʻu³
    • Yale: jìng-tǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jinqtuu
    • Palladius: цзинту (czintu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕiŋ⁵¹ tʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zing⁶ tou²
    • Yale: jihng tóu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzing⁶ tou²
    • Guangdong Romanization: jing⁶ tou²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɪŋ²² tʰou̯³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chēng-thó͘
    • Tâi-lô: tsīng-thóo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zexngtor
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡siɪŋ²²⁻²¹ tʰɔ⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siɪŋ⁴¹⁻²² tʰɔ⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siɪŋ²²⁻²¹ tʰɔ⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡siɪŋ³³⁻¹¹ tʰɔ⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siɪŋ³³⁻²¹ tʰɔ⁴¹/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 淨土

1. (Buddhism) pure land

Antonyms

• 穢土／秽土 (huìtǔ)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (淨土):

• → Japanese: 浄(じょう)土(ど) (jōdo)
• → Korean: 정토(淨土) (jeongto)
• → Vietnamese: tịnh độ (淨土)

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Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
淨	土

Proper noun

淨土

1. chữ Hán form of Tịnh Độ (“Pure Land Buddhism”).