土狼

Chinese

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

Etymology

Calque of Afrikaans aardwolf (“earth wolf”)

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tǔláng

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄨˇ ㄌㄤˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): tou² long⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: tǔláng
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄨˇ ㄌㄤˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tuulang
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ lɑŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: tou² long⁴
  - Yale: tóu lòhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tou² long⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: tou² long⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰou̯³⁵ lɔːŋ²¹/

Noun

土狼

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

土狼 (hiragana つちおおかみ, katakana ツチオオカミ, rōmaji tsuchiōkami)

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

See also

土 (ツチ)豚 (ブタ) (tsuchibuta)

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