蒙兀

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (蒙兀)		蒙	兀
simp. #(蒙兀)		蒙	兀

Alternative forms

• 蒙兀 (Měngwù), 萌古

Etymology

Borrowed from Jurchen [Term?] (/⁠*moŋgu⁠/, “Mongol”) with loss of foreign final -l, from Middle Mongol ᠮᠣᠩᠭ᠋ᠤᠯ (mwnkɣwɽ /⁠moŋqol⁠/, “Mongol”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Měngwù, Méngwù

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄥˇ ㄨˋ, ㄇㄥˊ ㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mung⁴ ngat⁶
• Eastern Min (BUC): Mùng-uŏk
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): mong⁵ ug⁴
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶mon-ngeq₈

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Měngwù
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄥˇ ㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: měngwù
    • Wade–Giles: mêng³-wu⁴
    • Yale: měng-wù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: meengwuh
    • Palladius: мэнъу (mɛnʺu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɤŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ u⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Méngwù
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄥˊ ㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: méngwù
    • Wade–Giles: mêng²-wu⁴
    • Yale: méng-wù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mengwuh
    • Palladius: мэнъу (mɛnʺu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɤŋ³⁵ u⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mung⁴ ngat⁶
    • Yale: mùhng ngaht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mung⁴ ngat⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: mung⁴ nged⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mʊŋ²¹ ŋɐt̚²/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: Mùng-uŏk
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /muŋ⁵³⁻³³ ^(Ø-)ŋuoʔ⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: mong⁵ ug⁴
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: mông uk
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /moŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ uk̚²/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶mon-ngeq₈
    • MiniDict: mon^去 ngeh^入
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³mon-ngeq₅
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /moŋ²² ŋəʔ⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: muwng ngwot

Rime
Character	蒙	兀
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)	疑 (31)
Final (韻)	東 (1)	沒 (56)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	莫紅切	五忽切
Baxter	muwng	ngwot
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/muŋ/	/ŋuət̚/
Pan Wuyun	/muŋ/	/ŋuot̚/
Shao Rongfen	/muŋ/	/ŋuət̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/məwŋ/	/ŋwət̚/
Li Rong	/muŋ/	/ŋuət̚/
Wang Li	/muŋ/	/ŋuət̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/muŋ/	/ŋuət̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	méng	wù
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mung4	ngat6

Proper noun

蒙兀

1. Mongolia (a country in East Asia)
2. (chiefly historical) Mongolia (a Mongolian-speaking geographic region in East Asia, including the country of Mongolia (Outer Mongolia), the autonomous region of Inner Mongolia in China, and sometimes also Buryatia, Tuva and the Altai Republic in Russia)

Korean

Hanja in this term
蒙	兀

Proper noun

蒙兀 • (mong'ol) (hangeul 몽올)

1. hanja form^? of 몽올 (“Sino-Korean”)
   1. Mongolia (a country in East Asia)
   2. (chiefly historical) Mongolia (a Mongolian-speaking geographic region in East Asia, including the country of Mongolia (Outer Mongolia), the autonomous region of Inner Mongolia in China, and sometimes also Buryatia, Tuva and the Altai Republic in Russia)