斗六

Chinese

		ladle; dipper; small ladle; dipper; small; big; stars	six
simp. and trad. (斗六)		斗	六

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Dǒuliù

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄡˇ ㄌㄧㄡˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dau² luk⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Téu-liuk
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Táu-la̍k

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Dǒuliù
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄡˇ ㄌㄧㄡˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Dǒuliòu
    • Wade–Giles: Tou³-liu⁴
    • Yale: Dǒu-lyòu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Doouliow
    • Palladius: Доулю (Doulju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /toʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ li̯oʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dau² luk⁶
    • Yale: dáu luhk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dau² luk⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: deo² lug⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɐu̯³⁵ lʊk̚²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Téu-liuk
    • Hakka Romanization System: deu` liug`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: deu³ liug⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /teu̯³¹ li̯uk̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Táu-la̍k
    • Tâi-lô: Táu-la̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dawlak
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lak̚⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tau⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ lak̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lak̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lak̚⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tau⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ lak̚⁴/

Proper noun

斗六

1. (～市) Douliu, Douliou, Touliu (a county-controlled city, the county seat of Yunlin County, Taiwan)

Descendants

• → English: Douliou, Douliu, Touliu