松都

松都

Chinese

		pine	metropolis; capital city; all metropolis; capital city; all; both (if two things are involved); entirely; even; already
trad. (松都)		松	都
simp. #(松都)		松	都
Literally: “pine capital”.

Etymology

In reference to the pine trees of the nearby mountain 松岳山, when the city was the capital of Korea under the Goryeo dynasty.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Sōngdū

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄨㄥ ㄉㄨ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Sōngdū
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄨㄥ ㄉㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Songdu
    • Wade–Giles: Sung¹-tu¹
    • Yale: Sūng-dū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Songdu
    • Palladius: Сунду (Sundu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sʊŋ⁵⁵ tu⁵⁵/

Proper noun

松都

1. (poetic) Kaesong (a city in North Korea)

   • 松都有李生者，居駱駝橋之側，年十八。 [Korean Literary Sinitic, trad.]

     From: late 15th c., 金時習 (Kim Si-seup), 《李生窺牆傳》, 《金鰲新話》

     Songdo yu Yi saeng ja, geo Naktagyo ji cheuk, nyeon sippal. [Sino-Korean]

     In Kaesong was a fellow [named] Scholar Yi. He lived by the Camel Bridge and he was eighteen years old.

   Synonym: 開城／开城 (Kāichéng)