貢道

Chinese

		tribute; gifts	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. (貢道)		貢	道
simp. (贡道)		贡	道

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gòngdào

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄥˋ ㄉㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gung³ dou⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gòngdào
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄥˋ ㄉㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gòngdào
    • Wade–Giles: kung⁴-tao⁴
    • Yale: gùng-dàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gonqdaw
    • Palladius: гундао (gundao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ tɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gung³ dou⁶
    • Yale: gung douh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gung³ dou⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: gung³ dou⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ³³ tou̯²²/

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• Middle Chinese: kuwngH dawX

Rime
Character	貢	道
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	定 (7)
Final (韻)	東 (1)	豪 (89)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	古送切	徒晧切
Baxter	kuwngH	dawX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kuŋH/	/dɑuX/
Pan Wuyun	/kuŋH/	/dɑuX/
Shao Rongfen	/kuŋH/	/dɑuX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kəwŋH/	/dawX/
Li Rong	/kuŋH/	/dɑuX/
Wang Li	/kuŋH/	/dɑuX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kuŋH/	/dʱɑuX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	gòng	dào
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gung3	dou6

Noun

貢道

1. (historical) tribute road