騊駼
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Chinese[edit]
phonetic | |||
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trad. (騊駼) | 騊 | 駼 | |
simp. (𫘦𬳿) | 𫘦 | 𬳿 |
Etymology[edit]
Loanword of uncertain origin. Schuessler (2014) reconstructed its pronunciation as *lû-lâ > *dou-dɑ
Pronunciation[edit]
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄊㄠˊ ㄊㄨˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: táotú
- Wade–Giles: tʻao2-tʻu2
- Yale: táu-tú
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: taurtwu
- Palladius: таоту (taotu)
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰɑʊ̯³⁵ tʰu³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: tou4 tou4
- Yale: tòuh tòuh
- Cantonese Pinyin: tou4 tou4
- Guangdong Romanization: tou4 tou4
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰou̯²¹ tʰou̯²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Middle Chinese: daw du
- Old Chinese
- (Zhengzhang): /*l'uː l'aː/
Noun[edit]
騊駼
- a kind of good horses from the northern steppe
- 其畜之所多則馬、牛、羊,其奇畜則橐駞、驢、驘、駃騠、騊駼、騨騱。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE
- Qí xù zhī suǒ duō zé mǎ, niú, yáng, qí qí xù zé luòtuó, lǘ, luó, juétí, táotú, tuóxí. [Pinyin]
- Their (the Xiongnu's) livestock are mainly horses, oxen, and sheep; their peculiar livestock are camels, donkeys, mules, jueti, taotu, and tuoxi.
其畜之所多则马、牛、羊,其奇畜则橐驼、驴、骡、𫘝𫘨、𫘦𬳿、騨𫘬。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]