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句讀

句讀

See also: 句读

Chinese

		(a measure word, for sentences or lines of verse); sentence	to read; to study; comma to read; to study; comma; phrase marked by pause
trad. (句讀)		句	讀
simp. (句读)		句	读

Noun

句讀

periods and commas
sentences and phrases
punctuation (of a traditional Chinese text)

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): jùdòu, jùdú

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄩˋ ㄉㄡˋ, ㄐㄩˋ ㄉㄨˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): geoi³ dau⁶
Min Nan (POJ): kù-tāu / kù-tiō

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: jùdòu
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄩˋ ㄉㄡˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiwdow
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕy⁵¹⁻⁵³ toʊ̯⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, variant)
  - Pinyin: jùdú
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄩˋ ㄉㄨˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiwdwu
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕy⁵¹ tu³⁵/
  - Homophones:
    
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    劇毒／剧毒
    句讀／句读
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: geoi³ dau⁶
  - Yale: geui dauh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: goey³ dau⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /kɵy̯³³ tɐu̯²²/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, mainstream Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kù-tāu
  - Tâi-lô: kù-tāu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kuo'dau
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ku²¹⁻⁵³ taʊ²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ku¹¹⁻⁵³ taʊ³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ku²¹⁻⁴¹ taʊ³³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kù-tiō
  - Tâi-lô: kù-tiō
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kuo'dioi
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ku⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tiɤ⁴¹/