都督

Chinese

		metropolis; capital city; all metropolis; capital city; all; both (if two things are involved); entirely; even; already	supervise
simp. and trad. (都督)		都	督

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dūdu, dūdū

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄨ ˙ㄉㄨ, ㄉㄨ ㄉㄨ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dou¹ duk¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dūdu
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄨ ˙ㄉㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dudů
    • Wade–Giles: tu¹-tu⁵
    • Yale: dū-du
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: du.du
    • Palladius: дуду (dudu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tu⁵⁵ d̥u²/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dūdū
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄨ ㄉㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dudu
    • Wade–Giles: tu¹-tu¹
    • Yale: dū-dū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dudu
    • Palladius: дуду (dudu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tu⁵⁵ tu⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dou¹ duk¹
    • Yale: dōu dūk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dou¹ duk⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: dou¹ dug¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tou̯⁵⁵ tʊk̚⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: tu towk

Rime
Character	都	督
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	端 (5)	端 (5)
Final (韻)	模 (23)	沃 (6)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	當孤切	冬毒切
Baxter	tu	towk
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/tuo/	/tuok̚/
Pan Wuyun	/tuo/	/tuok̚/
Shao Rongfen	/to/	/tok̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/tɔ/	/tawk̚/
Li Rong	/to/	/tok̚/
Wang Li	/tu/	/tuok̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/tuo/	/tuok̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	dū	du
Expected Cantonese Reflex	dou1	duk1

Noun

都督

1. commander in charge of all military assets for a zhou; chief controller

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (都督):

• → Japanese: 都(と)督(とく) (totoku)
• → Korean: 도독(都督) (dodok)
• → Vietnamese: đô đốc (都督)

Others:

• → Old Turkic: 𐱃𐰆𐱃𐰸 (tutuq)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
都	督
と Grade: 3	とく Grade: S

Alternative spelling
都督 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [to̞to̞kɯ̟]

Noun

都(と)督(とく) • (totoku) 

1. an official military title in ancient China

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
都	督

Noun

都督

1. chữ Hán form of đô đốc (“(military) admiral of Vietnam People's Navy; an official military title in ancient China and Vietnam.”).