吃土

Chinese

		eat; eradicate; destroy eat; eradicate; destroy; receive; stammer	earth; dust; rural earth; dust; rural; uncouth; uncultured; plebeian
simp. and trad. (吃土)		吃	土

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): chītǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄊㄨˇ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: chītǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄊㄨˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: chihtǔ
  - Wade–Giles: chʻih¹-tʻu³
  - Yale: chr̄-tǔ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chytuu
  - Palladius: читу (čitu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵⁵ tʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Verb

吃⫽土 (verb-object)

(slang, intransitive, figurative) to be poor as a church mouse; to be very poor

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