吠陀

Chinese

		phonetic
simp. and trad. (吠陀)		吠	陀

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit वेद (veda).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fèituó

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄟˋ ㄊㄨㄛˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fai⁶ to⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fèituó
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄟˋ ㄊㄨㄛˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fèituó
    • Wade–Giles: fei⁴-tʻo²
    • Yale: fèi-twó
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: feytwo
    • Palladius: фэйто (fɛjto)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /feɪ̯⁵¹ tʰu̯ɔ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fai⁶ to⁴
    • Yale: faih tòh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fai⁶ to⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: fei⁶ to⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɐi̯²² tʰɔː²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: bjojH da

Rime
Character	吠	陀
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	並 (3)	定 (7)
Final (韻)	廢 (28)	歌 (94)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	III	I
Fanqie	符廢切	徒河切
Baxter	bjojH	da
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/bʉɐiH/	/dɑ/
Pan Wuyun	/bʷiɐiH/	/dɑ/
Shao Rongfen	/biuɐiH/	/dɑ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/buajH/	/da/
Li Rong	/biuɐiH/	/dɑ/
Wang Li	/bĭwɐiH/	/dɑ/
Bernard Karlgren	/bʱi̯wɐiH/	/dʱɑ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	fèi	tuó
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fai6	to4

Noun

吠陀

1. (Hinduism) Veda, Vedas