東都

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See also: 东都

Chinese

		east	metropolis; capital city; all metropolis; capital city; all; both (if two things are involved); entirely; even; already
trad. (東都)		東	都
simp. (东都)		东	都

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Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dōngdū

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄥㄉㄨ
Cantonese (Jyutping): dung¹ dou¹
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): tang-to͘

(Teochew, Peng'im): dang¹ dou¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dōngdū
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄥㄉㄨ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dongdu
  - Wade–Giles: tung¹-tu¹
  - Yale: dūng-dū
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dongdu
  - Palladius: дунду (dundu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʊŋ⁵⁵ tu⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: dung¹ dou¹
  - Yale: dūng dōu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dung¹ dou¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: dung¹ dou¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʊŋ⁵⁵ tou̯⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tang-to͘
  - Tâi-lô: tang-too
  - Phofsit Daibuun: dangdof
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /taŋ³³ tɔ³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou, Xiamen): /taŋ⁴⁴⁻²² tɔ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /taŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ tɔ⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: dang¹ dou¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tang tou
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /taŋ³³⁻²³ tou³³/

Noun

東都

(archaic) eastern capital
1. (archaic) Luoyang during the Han dynasty
2. (archaic) Hanoi during the Hồ dynasty

Proper noun

東都

Taiwan (under Koxinga's rule)

Etymology 2

		phonetic
trad. (東都)		東	都
simp. (东都)		东	都

From Tagalog Tondo, from Old Tagalog tundun.

Pronunciation

Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Tong-to͘

Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Philippines)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tong-to͘
  - Tâi-lô: Tong-too
  - Phofsit Daibuun: dongdof
  - IPA (Philippines): /tɔŋ³³ tɔ³³/

Proper noun

東都

(Philippine Hokkien) Tondo (a district and historical polity in Manila, Philippines)

References

Duffus, William (1883) “Formosa”, in English-Chinese Vocabulary of the Vernacular or Spoken Language of Swatow, Swatow: English Presbyterian Mission Press, page 114

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