普陀

Chinese

		phonetic
simp. and trad. (普陀)		普	陀

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit पोतलक (potalaka).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Pǔtuó

(Zhuyin): ㄆㄨˇ ㄊㄨㄛˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): pou² to⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Phó͘-tô
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵phu-du

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Pǔtuó
  - Zhuyin: ㄆㄨˇ ㄊㄨㄛˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Pǔtuó
  - Wade–Giles: Pʻu³-tʻo²
  - Yale: Pǔ-twó
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Puutwo
  - Palladius: Путо (Puto)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰu̯ɔ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: pou² to⁴
  - Yale: póu tòh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: pou² to⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: pou² to⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰou̯³⁵ tʰɔː²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Phó͘-tô
  - Tâi-lô: Phóo-tô
  - Phofsit Daibuun: phofdooi
  - IPA (Xiamen): /pʰɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ to²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰɔ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ to²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ to¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /pʰɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ to²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tɤ²³/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁵phu-du
  - MiniDict: phu^去 du
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²phu-du
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /pʰu³³ du⁴⁴/

Middle Chinese: phuX da

Rime
Character	普	陀
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	滂 (2)	定 (7)
Final (韻)	模 (23)	歌 (94)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	滂古切	徒河切
Baxter	phuX	da
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pʰuo^X/	/dɑ/
Pan Wuyun	/pʰuo^X/	/dɑ/
Shao Rongfen	/pʰo^X/	/dɑ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pʰɔ^X/	/da/
Li Rong	/pʰo^X/	/dɑ/
Wang Li	/pʰu^X/	/dɑ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/pʰuo^X/	/dʱɑ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	pǔ	tuó
Expected Cantonese Reflex	pou²	to⁴

Proper noun

普陀

(～山) Mount Putuo (an island and mountain in Putuo district, Zhoushan, Zhejiang, China)
(～區) Putuo (a district of Zhoushan, Zhejiang, China)
(～區) Putuo (a district of Shanghai, China)

Descendants

→ English: Pootoo