騊駼

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (騊駼)		騊	駼
simp. (𫘦𬳿)		𫘦	𬳿

Etymology

Loanword of uncertain origin. Schuessler (2014) reconstructed its pronunciation as *lû-lâ > *dou-dɑ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): táotú

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄠˊ ㄊㄨˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tou⁴ tou⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: táotú
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄠˊ ㄊㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: táotú
    • Wade–Giles: tʻao²-tʻu²
    • Yale: táu-tú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: taurtwu
    • Palladius: таоту (taotu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɑʊ̯³⁵ tʰu³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tou⁴ tou⁴
    • Yale: tòuh tòuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tou⁴ tou⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: tou⁴ tou⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰou̯²¹ tʰou̯²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: daw du

Rime
Character	騊	駼
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	定 (7)	定 (7)
Final (韻)	豪 (89)	模 (23)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	徒刀切	同都切
Baxter	daw	du
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/dɑu/	/duo/
Pan Wuyun	/dɑu/	/duo/
Shao Rongfen	/dɑu/	/do/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/daw/	/dɔ/
Li Rong	/dɑu/	/do/
Wang Li	/dɑu/	/du/
Bernhard Karlgren	/dʱɑu/	/dʱuo/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	táo	tú
Expected Cantonese Reflex	tou4	tou4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*l'uː  l'aː/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	騊	駼
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	12368	15771
Phonetic component	匋	余
Rime group	幽	魚
Rime subdivision	1	0
Corresponding MC rime	陶	徒
Old Chinese	/*l'uː/	/*l'aː/

Noun

騊駼

1. a kind of good horses from the northern steppe

   • 其畜之所多則馬、牛、羊，其奇畜則橐駞、驢、驘、駃騠、騊駼、騨騱。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     其畜之所多则马、牛、羊，其奇畜则橐驼、驴、骡、𫘝𫘨、𫘦𬳿、騨𫘬。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE

     Qí xù zhī suǒ duō zé mǎ, niú, yáng, qí qí xù zé luòtuó, lǘ, luó, juétí, táotú, tuóxí. [Pinyin]

     Their (the Xiongnu's) livestock are mainly horses, oxen, and sheep; their peculiar livestock are camels, donkeys, mules, jueti, taotu, and tuoxi.