都護府

See also: 都护府

Chinese

		governor of a protectorate	prefecture; mansion
trad. (都護府)		都護	府
simp. (都护府)		都护	府

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dūhùfǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄨ ㄏㄨˋ ㄈㄨˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dūhùfǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄨ ㄏㄨˋ ㄈㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: duhùfǔ
    • Wade–Giles: tu¹-hu⁴-fu³
    • Yale: dū-hù-fǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: duhuhfuu
    • Palladius: духуфу (duxufu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tu⁵⁵ xu⁵¹ fu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

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• Middle Chinese: tu huH pjuX

Rime
Character	都	護	府
Reading #	1/1	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	端 (5)	匣 (33)	幫 (1)
Final (韻)	模 (23)	模 (23)	虞 (24)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Closed
Division (等)	I	I	III
Fanqie	當孤切	胡誤切	方矩切
Baxter	tu	huH	pjuX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/tuo/	/ɦuoH/	/pɨoX/
Pan Wuyun	/tuo/	/ɦuoH/	/pioX/
Shao Rongfen	/to/	/ɣoH/	/pioX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/tɔ/	/ɦɔH/	/puə̆X/
Li Rong	/to/	/ɣoH/	/pioX/
Wang Li	/tu/	/ɣuH/	/pĭuX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/tuo/	/ɣuoH/	/pi̯uX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	dū	hù	fǔ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	dou1	wu6	fu2

Noun

都護府

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

Usage notes

The term could refer to any of the number of regional governments established during the Han and Tang dynasties, such as

• 西域都護府／西域都护府 (xīyù dūhùfǔ, “Protectorate of the Western Regions”),
• 安西都護府／安西都护府 (ānxī dūhùfǔ, “Protectorate General to Pacify the West”),
• 安東都護府／安东都护府 (āndōng dūhùfǔ, “Protectorate General to Pacify the East”),
• 安北都護府／安北都护府 (ānběi dūhùfǔ, “Protectorate General to Pacify the North”),
• 安南都護府／安南都护府 (ānnán dūhùfǔ, “Protectorate General to Pacify the South”), or
• 北庭都護府／北庭都护府 (běitíng dūhùfǔ, “Protectorate General to Pacify Beiting”).