商都

商都

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (商都)		商	都
simp. #(商都)		商	都

Etymology

Borrowed from Manchu [script needed] (šang-du?, “whirlpool”), describing the appearance of the Budong River as it joins the lake 察汗淖爾／察汗淖尔.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Shāngdū

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄤ ㄉㄨ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): soeng¹ dou¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Shāngdū
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄤ ㄉㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Shangdu
    • Wade–Giles: Shang¹-tu¹
    • Yale: Shāng-dū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shangdu
    • Palladius: Шанду (Šandu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɑŋ⁵⁵ tu⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: soeng¹ dou¹
    • Yale: sēung dōu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soeng¹ dou¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêng¹ dou¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sœːŋ⁵⁵ tou̯⁵⁵/

Proper noun

商都

1. (～縣) Shangdu County (a county of Inner Mongolia, China)