糞土
Chinese
| manure; dung | earth; dust; rural earth; dust; rural; uncouth; uncultured; plebeian | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (糞土) | 糞 | 土 | |
| simp. (粪土) | 粪 | 土 | |
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): fan3 tou2
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): fun-thú
- Eastern Min (BUC): bóng-tū
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hùn-thó͘
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: fèntǔ
- Zhuyin: ㄈㄣˋ ㄊㄨˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: fèntǔ
- Wade–Giles: fên4-tʻu3
- Yale: fèn-tǔ
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fenntuu
- Palladius: фэньту (fɛnʹtu)
- Sinological IPA (key): /fən⁵¹ tʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: fan3 tou2
- Yale: fan tóu
- Cantonese Pinyin: fan3 tou2
- Guangdong Romanization: fen3 tou2
- Sinological IPA (key): /fɐn³³ tʰou̯³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fun-thú
- Hakka Romanization System: fun tuˋ
- Hagfa Pinyim: fun4 tu3
- Sinological IPA: /fun⁵⁵ tʰu³¹/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Eastern Min
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hùn-thó͘
- Tâi-lô: hùn-thóo
- Phofsit Daibuun: huontor
- Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /hun²¹⁻⁵³ tʰɔ⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
- Middle Chinese: pjunH thuX
- Old Chinese
- (Baxter–Sagart): /*p[u]r-s tʰˤaʔ/
- (Zhengzhang): /*pɯns l̥ʰaːʔ/
Noun
糞土
- dung and dirt; muck
- (figurative) worthless thing; nothing
- 1919, 《新舊約全書：官話和合譯本》 [Mandarin Bible, Union Version], Shanghai: American Bible Society, 腓立比書 [Philippians] 3:8:
- 不但如此、我也將萬事當作有損的、因我以認識我主基督耶穌爲至寶。我爲他已經丟棄萬事、看作糞土、爲要得着基督． [MSC, trad.]
- Bùdàn rúcǐ, wǒ yě jiāng wànshì dàngzuò yǒu sǔn de, yīn wǒ yǐ rènshi wǒ Zhǔ Jīdū Yēsū wéi zhìbǎo. Wǒ wèi tā yǐjīng diūqì wànshì, kànzuò fèntǔ, wèi yào dézháo Jīdū. [Pinyin]
- Yet indeed I also count all things loss for the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them as rubbish, that I may gain Christ [New King James Version]
不但如此、我也将万事当作有损的、因我以认识我主基督耶稣为至宝。我为他已经丢弃万事、看作粪土、为要得着基督． [MSC, simp.]
Etymology 2
| For pronunciation and definitions of 糞土 – see 糞塗 (“manure; dirt; worthless thing; nothing”). (This term is a variant form of 糞塗). |