土狼

Chinese

		earth; dust; rural earth; dust; rural; uncouth; uncultured; plebeian	wolf
simp. and trad. (土狼)		土	狼

Etymology

Calque of Afrikaans erdwolf (literally “earth wolf”)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tǔláng

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄨˇ ㄌㄤˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tou² long⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tǔláng
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄨˇ ㄌㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tǔláng
    • Wade–Giles: tʻu³-lang²
    • Yale: tǔ-láng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tuulang
    • Palladius: тулан (tulan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹ lɑŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tou² long⁴
    • Yale: tóu lòhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tou² long⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: tou² long⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰou̯³⁵ lɔːŋ²¹/

Noun

土狼

1. aardwolf

Japanese

Kanji in this term
土	狼
つち Grade: 1	おおかみ Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi

Etymology

土 (tsuchi, “soil; earth”) +‎ 狼 (ōkami, “wolf”), calque of Afrikaans aardwolf (“earth wolf”)

Noun

土(つち)狼(おおかみ) or 土狼(ツチオオカミ) • (tsuchiōkami) 

1. Synonym of アードウルフ (ādourufu, “aardwolf”)

Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as ツチオオカミ.

See also

• 土(ツチ)豚(ブタ) (tsuchibuta)