土魷

Chinese

earth; dust; rural
earth; dust; rural; uncouth; uncultured; plebeian
 
 cuttlefish
trad. (土魷) 土 魷
simp. (土鱿) 土 鱿

Etymology

土 (tou2) is a euphemism for 乾 / 干 (gon1), created by writing the variant form 干 (gon1) upside down.

Pronunciation

Noun

土魷

  1. (Cantonese) dried squid
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