阿土

Chinese

		phonetic; (final part.); (interj.) phonetic; (final part.); (interj.); flatter; an initial particle; prefix to names of people	earth; dust; rural earth; dust; rural; uncouth; uncultured; plebeian
simp. and trad. (阿土)		阿	土

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ātǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄚ ㄊㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): aa³ tou²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ātǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄚ ㄊㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: atǔ
    • Wade–Giles: a¹-tʻu³
    • Yale: ā-tǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: atuu
    • Palladius: ату (atu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀä⁵⁵ tʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: aa³ tou²
    • Yale: a tóu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: aa³ tou²
    • Guangdong Romanization: a³ tou²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /aː³³ tʰou̯³⁵/

Noun

阿土

1. (derogatory, slang) country bumpkin; hick; villager; bogan; redneck; yokel; rube

Synonyms

• 內山倯／内山倯 (Xiamen Hokkien, Taiwanese Hokkien)
• 內山猴／内山猴 (Xiamen Hokkien, Taiwanese Hokkien)
• 山猴 (Philippine Hokkien)
• 山龜／山龟 (Hokkien)
• 怯子 (qièzi)
• 牛子 (niúzǐ) (archaic)
• 鄉下人／乡下人 (xiāngxiarén)
• 鄉佬／乡佬 (xiānglǎo)
• 野人 (yěrén)