土偶

Chinese

		earth; dust; rural earth; dust; rural; uncouth; uncultured; plebeian	accidental; image; pair accidental; image; pair; mate
trad. (土偶)		土	偶
simp. #(土偶)		土	偶

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tǔ'ǒu

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄨˇ ㄡˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tou² ngau⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tǔ'ǒu [Phonetic: túǒu]
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄨˇ ㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tǔ-ǒu
    • Wade–Giles: tʻu³-ou³
    • Yale: tǔ-ǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tuuoou
    • Palladius: туоу (tuou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰu²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ˀoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tou² ngau⁵
    • Yale: tóu ngáuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tou² ngau⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: tou² ngeo⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰou̯³⁵ ŋɐu̯¹³/

Noun

土偶

1. clay idol; clay figurine

Synonyms

• (Hokkien) 塗尪仔／涂尪仔, 塗人／涂人

Japanese

Kanji in this term
土	偶
ど Grade: 1	ぐう Grade: S
on’yomi

Etymology

From 土 (do, “earth”) +‎ 偶 (gū, “idol”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) どぐう [dògúú] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [do̞ɡɯ̟ᵝː]

Noun

土(ど)偶(ぐう) • (dogū) 

1. clay figurine, (especially) one of the Jōmon (縄文) period