摩揭陀

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (摩揭陀)		摩	揭	陀
simp. #(摩揭陀)		摩	揭	陀

Etymology

From Sanskrit मगध (magadha, “Magadha, name of the country”), मागध (māgadha, adjective).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Mójiētuó

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄛˊ ㄐㄧㄝ ㄊㄨㄛˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Mójiētuó
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄛˊ ㄐㄧㄝ ㄊㄨㄛˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Mójietuó
    • Wade–Giles: Mo²-chieh¹-tʻo²
    • Yale: Mwó-jyē-twó
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Mojietwo
    • Palladius: Моцзето (Moczeto)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mu̯ɔ³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵⁵ tʰu̯ɔ³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: ma kjot|kjet da

Rime
Character	摩	揭	揭	陀
Reading #	1/2	2/6	6/6	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)	見 (28)	見 (28)	定 (7)
Final (韻)	戈 (95)	月 (67)	薛 (83)	歌 (94)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Checked (Ø)	Checked (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	III	III	I
Fanqie	莫婆切	居謁切	居列切	徒河切
Baxter	ma	kjot	kjet	da
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/muɑ/	/kɨɐt̚/	/kˠiᴇt̚/	/dɑ/
Pan Wuyun	/muɑ/	/kiɐt̚/	/kᵚiɛt̚/	/dɑ/
Shao Rongfen	/muɑ/	/kiɐt̚/	/kiæt̚/	/dɑ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/mwa/	/kɨat̚/	/kiat̚/	/da/
Li Rong	/muɑ/	/kiɐt̚/	/kjɛt̚/	/dɑ/
Wang Li	/muɑ/	/kĭɐt̚/	/kĭɛt̚/	/dɑ/
Bernard Karlgren	/muɑ/	/kɨ̯ɐt̚/	/ki̯ɛt̚/	/dʱɑ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	mó	jie	jie	tuó
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mo4	git3	git3	to4

Proper noun

摩揭陀

1. (history) Magadha (a historical country in India)