隔都

隔都

Chinese

		to separate; to stand or lie between; to divide to separate; to stand or lie between; to divide; to cut off	metropolis; capital city; all metropolis; capital city; all; both (if two things are involved); entirely; even; already
simp. and trad. (隔都)		隔	都

Etymology

Phono-semantic matching of English ghetto or Italian ghetto.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gédōu

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄜˊ ㄉㄡ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gédōu
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄜˊ ㄉㄡ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gédou
    • Wade–Giles: ko²-tou¹
    • Yale: gé-dōu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gerdou
    • Palladius: гэдоу (gɛdou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɤ³⁵ toʊ̯⁵⁵/

Noun

隔都

1. ghetto (area of a city in which Jews were concentrated)