定陶

Chinese

		established, settled establishing, settling	pottery Lord Taozhu
simp. and trad. (定陶)		定	陶

Etymology

Popularly derived from legends stating Fan Li, an advisor of the Yue king Goujian who became famed as a god of wealth, retired to the area after Yue's defeat of Wu in 473 BC.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Dìngtáo

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄥˋ ㄊㄠˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ding⁶ tou⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Dìngtáo
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄥˋ ㄊㄠˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Dìngtáo
  - Wade–Giles: Ting⁴-tʻao²
  - Yale: Dìng-táu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Dinqtaur
  - Palladius: Динтао (Dintao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiŋ⁵¹ tʰɑʊ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)⁺
  - Jyutping: ding⁶ tou⁴
  - Yale: dihng tòuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ding⁶ tou⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: ding⁶ tou⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɪŋ²² tʰou̯²¹/

Proper noun

定陶

(～區) Dingtao (a district of Heze, Shandong, China)

Synonyms

瓠子 (Hùzi)

References

定陶县 on the Chinese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^zh
Dingtao County on Wikipedia.Wikipedia