土佐

Chinese

		earth; dust; rural earth; dust; rural; uncouth; uncultured; plebeian	assist
simp. and trad. (土佐)		土	佐

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 土佐 (Tosa).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Tǔzuǒ

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄨˇ ㄗㄨㄛˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): tou² zo³ / tou² zo⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Tǔzuǒ [Phonetic: túzuǒ]
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄨˇ ㄗㄨㄛˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Tǔzuǒ
  - Wade–Giles: Tʻu³-tso³
  - Yale: Tǔ-dzwǒ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Tuutzuoo
  - Palladius: Туцзо (Tuczo)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰu²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡su̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: tou² zo³ / tou² zo⁶
  - Yale: tóu jo / tóu joh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tou² dzo³ / tou² dzo⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: tou² zo³ / tou² zo⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰou̯³⁵ t͡sɔː³³/, /tʰou̯³⁵ t͡sɔː²²/

Proper noun

土佐

(～市) Tosa (a city in Kōchi Prefecture, Japan)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
土	佐
と Grade: 1	さ Grade: 4
on'yomi

Proper noun

土(と)佐(さ) • (Tosa)

Tosa (a city in Kōchi Prefecture, Japan)
Tosa Province, an old province of Japan
a surname

Derived terms

Derived terms

青土佐(あおどさ) (aodosa)
紺土佐(こんどさ) (kondosa)
土佐犬(とさいぬ) (tosainu)
土佐絵(とさえ) (tosae)
土佐醤油(とさじょうゆ) (tosajōyu)
土佐酢(とさず) (tosazu)
土佐作(とさづく)り (tosazukuri)
土佐煮(とさに) (tosani)
土佐半紙(とさばんし) (tosabanshi)
土佐節(とさぶし) (tosabushi)
土佐水木(とさみずき) (tosamizuki)
本土佐(ほんとさ) (hontosa)

See also

Category:Tosa Japanese