白土

Chinese

		white; empty; blank white; empty; blank; bright; clear; plain; pure; gratuitous	earth; dust; rural earth; dust; rural; uncouth; uncultured; plebeian
simp. and trad. (白土)		白	土

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): báitǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄞˊ ㄊㄨˇ
Min Nan (POJ): pe̍h-thô͘

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: báitǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˊ ㄊㄨˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bairtuu
  - IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯³⁵ tʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pe̍h-thô͘
  - Tâi-lô: pe̍h-thôo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: peqtoo
  - IPA (Xiamen): /pe(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ tʰɔ²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pe(ʔ)²⁴⁻²² tʰɔ²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /pe(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ tʰɔ¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /pe(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ tʰɔ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pe(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ tʰɔ²³/

Noun

白土

(archaic) chalk
- 令人各以白土，書「甲子」二字於家中大門上。 [MSC, trad.]
  令人各以白土，书“甲子”二字于家中大门上。 [MSC, simp.]
  From: c. 1330 - 1400: Luo Guanzhong, Romance of the Three Kingdoms/Chapter 1
  Lìng rén gè yǐ báitǔ, shū “jiǎzǐ” èr zì yú jiā zhōng dàmén shàng. [Pinyin]
  He ordered (his followers) to use chalk to write "a new beginning" on the outer doors of their homes.
white china clay

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