普陀

Chinese

		phonetic
simp. and trad. (普陀)		普	陀

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit पोतलक (potalaka).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Pǔtuó

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄨˇ ㄊㄨㄛˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): pou² to⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Phó͘-tô
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁵phu-du

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Pǔtuó
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄨˇ ㄊㄨㄛˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Pǔtuó
    • Wade–Giles: Pʻu³-tʻo²
    • Yale: Pǔ-twó
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Puutwo
    • Palladius: Путо (Puto)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰu̯ɔ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: pou² to⁴
    • Yale: póu tòh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: pou² to⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: pou² to⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰou̯³⁵ tʰɔː²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Phó͘-tô
    • Tâi-lô: Phóo-tô
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phofdooi
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pʰɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ to²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰɔ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ to²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ to¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pʰɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ to²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tɤ²³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁵phu-du
    • MiniDict: phu^去 du
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²phu-du
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /pʰu³³ du⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: phuX da

Rime
Character	普	陀
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	滂 (2)	定 (7)
Final (韻)	模 (23)	歌 (94)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	滂古切	徒河切
Baxter	phuX	da
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pʰuoX/	/dɑ/
Pan Wuyun	/pʰuoX/	/dɑ/
Shao Rongfen	/pʰoX/	/dɑ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pʰɔX/	/da/
Li Rong	/pʰoX/	/dɑ/
Wang Li	/pʰuX/	/dɑ/
Bernard Karlgren	/pʰuoX/	/dʱɑ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	pǔ	tuó
Expected Cantonese Reflex	pou2	to4

Proper noun

普陀

1. (～山) Mount Putuo (an island and mountain in Putuo district, Zhoushan, Zhejiang, China)
2. (～區) Putuo (a district of Zhoushan, Zhejiang, China)
3. (～區) Putuo (a district of Shanghai, China)

Descendants

• → English: Pootoo