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土語

简土语 · 繁土語

Mandarin · pinyin tǔ yǔ

dialect
patois

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土: tǔ · soil, earth; items made of earth
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语: yǔ · language, words; saying, expression

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3–3 · tu3 yu3

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

tou2 jyu5

Cantonese word readings for 土語. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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noun · Etymology 1

dialect; patois

noun · Etymology 2

(abbreviation, alt-of) short for 土耳其語／土耳其语 (tǔ'ěrqíyǔ, “Turkish language”)
(abbreviation, alt-of) short for 土庫曼語／土库曼语 (tǔkùmànyǔ, “Turkmen language”)

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