古洞

Chinese

		ancient; old	cave; hole
simp. and trad. (古洞)		古	洞

Etymology

The second syllable 洞 may be borrowed from a Kra-Dai substrate word; compare Proto-Tai *doŋᴮ (“open field”) (whence Zhuang doengh (“field”)).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Gǔdòng

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨˇ ㄉㄨㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gu² dung⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Gǔdòng
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨˇ ㄉㄨㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Gǔdòng
    • Wade–Giles: Ku³-tung⁴
    • Yale: Gǔ-dùng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Guudonq
    • Palladius: Гудун (Gudun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʊŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gu² dung⁶
    • Yale: gú duhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gu² dung⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: gu² dung⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuː³⁵ tʊŋ²²/

Proper noun

古洞

1. Kwu Tung (an area in Hong Kong)