古都

Chinese

		ancient; old	metropolis; capital city; all metropolis; capital city; all; both (if two things are involved); entirely; even; already
simp. and trad. (古都)		古	都

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): gǔdū

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄨˇ ㄉㄨ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gu² dou¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kó͘-to͘

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: gǔdū
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨˇ ㄉㄨ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: gǔdu
  - Wade–Giles: ku³-tu¹
  - Yale: gǔ-dū
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guudu
  - Palladius: гуду (gudu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku²¹⁴⁻²¹ tu⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gu² dou¹
  - Yale: gú dōu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gu² dou¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: gu² dou¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuː³⁵ tou̯⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kó͘-to͘
  - Tâi-lô: kóo-too
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kofdof
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tɔ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tɔ³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tɔ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tɔ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tɔ⁴⁴/

Noun

古都

ancient capital; old capital
中國四大古都／中国四大古都 ― zhōngguó sì dà gǔdōu ― China's four great ancient capitals

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (古都):

→ Japanese: 古(こ)都(と) (koto)
→ Korean: 고도(古都) (godo)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
古	都
Grade: 2	Grade: 3
kan'on

Alternative spellings
(kyūjitai) 故都

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) こと [kóꜜtò] (Atamadaka – [1])
IPA^(key): [ko̞to̞]

Noun

古都(こと) • (koto)

ancient capital; old capital

Synonyms

旧(きゅう)都(と) (kyūto)

Antonyms

新(しん)都(と) (shinto)

Korean

Hanja in this term
古	都

Noun

古都 • (godo) (hangeul 고도)

hanja form^? of 고도 (“old capital”)