六堆

Chinese

		six	a pile; a mass; heap a pile; a mass; heap; stack
simp. and trad. (六堆)		六	堆

Etymology

From the six units of civil troops organized to defend the settlement: 右堆, 左堆, 前堆, 後堆／后堆, 中堆, and 先鋒堆／先锋堆.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Liùduī

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄡˋ ㄉㄨㄟ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): luk⁶ deoi¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Liuk-tûi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Liùduī
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄡˋ ㄉㄨㄟ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Liòuduei
    • Wade–Giles: Liu⁴-tui¹
    • Yale: Lyòu-dwēi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Liowduei
    • Palladius: Людуй (Ljuduj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯oʊ̯⁵¹ tu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: luk⁶ deoi¹
    • Yale: luhk dēui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: luk⁹ doey¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: lug⁶ dêu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lʊk̚² tɵy̯⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Liuk-tûi
    • Hakka Romanization System: liug` dui´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: liug⁵ dui¹
    • Sinological IPA: /li̯uk̚² tu̯i²⁴/

Proper noun

六堆

1. Liudui (a group of Hakka villages in Pingtung and Kaohsiung, Taiwan)