都護

Chinese

		metropolis; capital city; all metropolis; capital city; all; both (if two things are involved); entirely; even; already	protect
trad. (都護)		都	護
simp. (都护)		都	护

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dūhù

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄨ ㄏㄨˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dūhù
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄨ ㄏㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: duhù
    • Wade–Giles: tu¹-hu⁴
    • Yale: dū-hù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: duhuh
    • Palladius: духу (duxu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tu⁵⁵ xu⁵¹/

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• Middle Chinese: tu huH

Rime
Character	都	護
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	端 (5)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	模 (23)	模 (23)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	當孤切	胡誤切
Baxter	tu	huH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/tuo/	/ɦuoH/
Pan Wuyun	/tuo/	/ɦuoH/
Shao Rongfen	/to/	/ɣoH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/tɔ/	/ɦɔH/
Li Rong	/to/	/ɣoH/
Wang Li	/tu/	/ɣuH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/tuo/	/ɣuoH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	dū	hù
Expected Cantonese Reflex	dou1	wu6

Noun

都護

1. (archaic, historical) governor of a protectorate (a type of regional government primarily established during the Han and Tang dynasties)

Derived terms

• 都護府 / 都护府 (dūhùfǔ)