蜀道

Chinese

		Sichuan	direction; way; method direction; way; method; road; path; principle; truth; reason; skill; Tao (of Taoism); a measure word; to say; to speak; to talk
trad. (蜀道)		蜀	道
simp. #(蜀道)		蜀	道

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Shǔdào

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨˇ ㄉㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): suk⁶ dou⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Shǔdào
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨˇ ㄉㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Shǔdào
    • Wade–Giles: Shu³-tao⁴
    • Yale: Shǔ-dàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shuudaw
    • Palladius: Шудао (Šudao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹ tɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: suk⁶ dou⁶
    • Yale: suhk douh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: suk⁹ dou⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: sug⁶ dou⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sʊk̚² tou̯²²/

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• Middle Chinese: dzyowk dawX

Rime
Character	蜀	道
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	常 (25)	定 (7)
Final (韻)	燭 (8)	豪 (89)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	I
Fanqie	市玉切	徒晧切
Baxter	dzyowk	dawX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡ʑɨok̚/	/dɑuX/
Pan Wuyun	/d͡ʑiok̚/	/dɑuX/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡ʑiok̚/	/dɑuX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/d͡ʑuawk̚/	/dawX/
Li Rong	/ʑiok̚/	/dɑuX/
Wang Li	/ʑĭwok̚/	/dɑuX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʑi̯wok̚/	/dʱɑuX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shú	dào
Expected Cantonese Reflex	suk6	dou6

Proper noun

蜀道

1. Shudao (a system of mountain roads linking the Chinese province of Shaanxi with Sichuan)

   • 蜀道之難，難於上青天！ [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     蜀道之难，难于上青天！ [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: c. early 8th century, Li Bai (李白), 《蜀道難》. Translated into the English as The Steep Road to Shuh by Shigeyoshi Obata (小畑薫良), 1922.

     Shǔdào zhī nán, nán yú shàng qīngtiān! [Pinyin]

     The road to Shuh is more difficult to climb than to climb the steep blue heaven.