刀塔

Chinese

		knife	pagoda; tower
trad. (刀塔)		刀	塔
simp. #(刀塔)		刀	塔

Etymology

Phono-semantic matching of English DotA.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Dāotǎ

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄠ ㄊㄚˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Dāotǎ
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄠ ㄊㄚˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Daotǎ
    • Wade–Giles: Tao¹-tʻa³
    • Yale: Dāu-tǎ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Dautaa
    • Palladius: Даота (Daota)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɑʊ̯⁵⁵ tʰä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Proper noun

刀塔

1. (video games, fandom slang) Defence of the Ancients