句讀

See also: 句读 and 句読

Chinese

		sentence	pause
trad. (句讀)		句	讀
simp. (句读)		句	读
alternative forms		句逗

Etymology

Attestable since at least the Eastern Han dynasty (25–220 AD). The practice itself goes back to the pre-Qin period (before 221 BC).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jùdòu

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄩˋ ㄉㄡˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): geoi³ dau⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kù-tāu / kù-tiō

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jùdòu
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄩˋ ㄉㄡˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jyùdòu
    • Wade–Giles: chü⁴-tou⁴
    • Yale: jyù-dòu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiuhdow
    • Palladius: цзюйдоу (czjujdou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕy⁵¹⁻⁵³ toʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: geoi³ dau⁶
    • Yale: geui dauh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: goey³ dau⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: gêu³ deo⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɵy̯³³ tɐu̯²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kù-tāu
    • Tâi-lô: kù-tāu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kuo'dau
    • IPA (Taipei): /ku¹¹⁻⁵³ tau³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ku²¹⁻⁵³ tau²²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ku²¹⁻⁴¹ tau³³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kù-tiō
    • Tâi-lô: kù-tiō
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kuo'dioi
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ku⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tio⁴¹/

Noun

句讀

1. judou (traditional method of punctuation used in premodern Chinese texts)