洞窟

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

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• 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

1. 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 [dòókútsú] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [do̞ːkɯ̟̊ᵝt͡sɨᵝ]

Noun

洞(どう)窟(くつ) • (dōkutsu) 

1. cave