冒頓

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (冒頓)		冒	頓
simp. (冒顿)		冒	顿

Etymology

Uncertain. See Modu Chanyu#Name on Wikipedia.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Mòdú

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄛˋ ㄉㄨˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mak⁶ duk⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Mòdú
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄛˋ ㄉㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Mòdú
    • Wade–Giles: Mo⁴-tu²
    • Yale: Mwò-dú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Mohdwu
    • Palladius: Моду (Modu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mu̯ɔ⁵¹ tu³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mak⁶ duk⁶
    • Yale: mahk duhk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mak⁹ duk⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: meg⁶ dug⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐk̚² tʊk̚²/

Proper noun

(deprecated template usage) 冒頓

1. (～單于) Modu: Modu Chanyu, founder of the Xiongnu Empire

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (冒頓):

• → Japanese: 冒頓(ぼくとつ) (Bokutotsu)
• → Korean: 묵돌(冒頓) (Mukdol)
• → Vietnamese: Mặc Đốn (冒頓)