窯洞

Chinese

		kiln; oven	cave; hole
trad. (窯洞/窑洞/窰洞)		窯/窑/窰	洞
simp. (窑洞)		窑	洞

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yáodòng

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄠˊ ㄉㄨㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jiu⁴ dung⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yáodòng
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄠˊ ㄉㄨㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yáodòng
    • Wade–Giles: yao²-tung⁴
    • Yale: yáu-dùng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yaudonq
    • Palladius: яодун (jaodun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɑʊ̯³⁵ tʊŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jiu⁴ dung⁶
    • Yale: yìuh duhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jiu⁴ dung⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: yiu⁴ dung⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːu̯²¹ tʊŋ²²/

Noun

窯洞

1. yaodong (type of earth shelter dwelling common in the Loess Plateau in northern China)

Synonyms

• 窯／窑 (yáo)

Descendants

• → English: yaodong
• → Japanese: ヤオトン (yaoton), 窰洞(ヤオトン) (yaoton)
• → Russian: яоду́н (jaodún)