禿髮

Chinese

		bald; blunt	hair
trad. (禿髮)		禿	髮
simp. (秃发)		秃	发

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tūfà, tūfǎ

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄨ ㄈㄚˋ, ㄊㄨ ㄈㄚˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tuk¹ faat³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tūfà
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄨ ㄈㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tufà
    • Wade–Giles: tʻu¹-fa⁴
    • Yale: tū-fà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tufah
    • Palladius: туфа (tufa)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰu⁵⁵ fä⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tūfǎ
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄨ ㄈㄚˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tufǎ
    • Wade–Giles: tʻu¹-fa³
    • Yale: tū-fǎ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tufaa
    • Palladius: туфа (tufa)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰu⁵⁵ fä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tuk¹ faat³
    • Yale: tūk faat
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tuk⁷ faat⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: tug¹ fad³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰʊk̚⁵ faːt̚³/

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• Middle Chinese: thuwk pjot

Rime
Character	禿	髮
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	透 (6)	幫 (1)
Final (韻)	屋 (3)	月 (68)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	I	III
Fanqie	他谷切	方伐切
Baxter	thuwk	pjot
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/tʰuk̚/	/pʉɐt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/tʰuk̚/	/pʷiɐt̚/
Shao Rongfen	/tʰuk̚/	/piuɐt̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/tʰəwk̚/	/puat̚/
Li Rong	/tʰuk̚/	/piuɐt̚/
Wang Li	/tʰuk̚/	/pĭwɐt̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/tʰuk̚/	/pi̯wɐt̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	tu	fa
Expected Cantonese Reflex	tuk1	faat3

Etymology 1

Noun

禿髮

1. (～症) baldness; alopecia

Etymology 2

From Xianbei. Compare Mongolian ᠳᠡᠪᠡᠯ (debel).

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Proper noun

禿髮

1. a surname from Xianbei

See also

• 拓跋 (Tuòbá)