松都
Chinese
| pine | metropolis; capital city; all metropolis; capital city; all; both (if two things are involved); entirely; even; already | ||
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| trad. (松都) | 松 | 都 | |
| simp. #(松都) | 松 | 都 | |
| Literally: “pine capital”. | |||
Etymology
In reference to the pine trees of the nearby mountain 松岳山, when the city was the capital of Korea under the Goryeo dynasty.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: Sōngdū
- Zhuyin: ㄙㄨㄥ ㄉㄨ
- Tongyong Pinyin: Songdu
- Wade–Giles: Sung1-tu1
- Yale: Sūng-dū
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Songdu
- Palladius: Сунду (Sundu)
- Sinological IPA (key): /sʊŋ⁵⁵ tu⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
Proper noun
松都
- (poetic) Kaesong (a city in North Korea)
- 松都有^李生者，居^駱駝橋之側，年十八。 [Korean Literary Sinitic, trad.]
- From: late 15th c., 金時習 (Kim Si-seup), 《李生窺牆傳》, 《金鰲新話》
- Songdo yu Yi saeng ja, geo Naktagyo ji cheuk, nyeon sippal. [Sino-Korean]
- In Kaesong was a fellow [named] Scholar Yi. He lived by the Camel Bridge and he was eighteen years old.