多朗多

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (多朗多)		多	朗	多
simp. #(多朗多)		多	朗	多

Etymology

From English Toronto.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Duōlǎngduō

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄛ ㄌㄤˇ ㄉㄨㄛ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): do¹ long⁵ do¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Duōlǎngduō
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄛ ㄌㄤˇ ㄉㄨㄛ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Duolǎngduo
    • Wade–Giles: To¹-lang³-to¹
    • Yale: Dwō-lǎng-dwō
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Duolaangduo
    • Palladius: Доландо (Dolando)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tu̯ɔ⁵⁵ lɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ tu̯ɔ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: do¹ long⁵ do¹
    • Yale: dō lóhng dō
    • Cantonese Pinyin: do¹ long⁵ do¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: do¹ long⁵ do¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɔː⁵⁵ lɔːŋ¹³ tɔː⁵⁵/

Proper noun

(deprecated template usage) 多朗多

1. (obsolete) Toronto (a city, the provincial capital of Ontario, Canada)

   • 滑鐵路距多朗多八十哩之遙，驅車不到兩小時，該地兩城孿生為加東工業重區之一。 [MSC, trad.]
     滑铁路距多朗多八十哩之遥，驱车不到两小时，该地两城孪生为加东工业重区之一。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1968 June 8, 周維幹 and 盛慶琜, 加拿大校友會分區聯誼會短記, in 交大友聲

     Huátiělù jù Duōlǎngduō bāshí lǐ zhī yáo, qūchē bùdào liǎng xiǎoshí, gāi dì liǎng chéng luánshēng wéi Jiādōng gōngyè zhòngqū zhīyī. [Pinyin]

     Waterloo and Toronto are 80 miles apart; driving [between the two cities] doesn't even take two hours. The twin cities in that area form one of the industrial centres of eastern Canada.

Synonyms

• 多倫多／多伦多 (Duōlúnduō)