北都尉

Chinese

		north	a military rank only second to a general
trad. (北都尉)		北	都尉
simp. #(北都尉)		北	都尉

Etymology

A position title during the Eastern Han Dynasty, the captain of the north was responsible for the guarding the northern district of a city.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): běi dūwèi

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄟˇ ㄉㄨ ㄨㄟˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: běi dūwèi
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄟˇ ㄉㄨ ㄨㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: běi duwèi
    • Wade–Giles: pei³ tu¹-wei⁴
    • Yale: běi dū-wèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: beei duwey
    • Palladius: бэй дувэй (bɛj duvɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /peɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ tu⁵⁵ weɪ̯⁵¹/

Noun

北都尉

1. (archaic) captain of the north

References

• Luo, Guanzhong (14th century) Romance of the Three Kingdoms/Chapter 1 (overall work in Mandarin and English)