洞窟

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Chinese

		cave; hole	cave; hole
trad. (洞窟)		洞	窟
simp. ^#(洞窟)		洞	窟

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dòngkū

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄥˋ ㄎㄨ
Cantonese (Jyutping): dung⁶ fat¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dòngkū
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄥˋ ㄎㄨ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dòngku
  - Wade–Giles: tung⁴-kʻu¹
  - Yale: dùng-kū
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: donqku
  - Palladius: дунку (dunku)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʊŋ⁵¹ kʰu⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: dung⁶ fat¹
  - Yale: duhng fāt
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dung⁶ fat⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: dung⁶ fed¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʊŋ²² fɐt̚⁵/

Noun

洞窟

cave; cavern; grotto

Synonyms

山洞 (shāndòng)
山空 (Hokkien)
山窿 (saan¹ lung¹) (Cantonese, Hakka)
岩穴 (yánxué) (literary)
洞穴 (dòngxué)
洞空 (Hokkien)
石窟 (shíkū)
磅空 ( Taiwanese Hakka)
穴 (xué)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
洞	窟
どう Grade: S	くつ Grade: S
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) どーくつ (Heiban – )^[1]
IPA^(key):

Noun

洞(どう)窟(くつ) • (dōkutsu)

cave

References

^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

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