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道臺

道臺

See also: 道台

Chinese

		circuit	support intendant
trad. (道臺)		道	臺
simp. (道台)		道	台

Noun

道臺

(historical) A circuit intendant, a local governor or mayor in the imperial Chinese government under the Yuan, Ming, and Qing dynasties

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): dàotái

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄠˋ ㄊㄞˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): dou⁶ toi⁴
Min Nan (POJ): tō-tâi / tō͘-tâi

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: dàotái
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄠˋ ㄊㄞˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dawtair
  - IPA ^(key): /tɑʊ̯⁵¹ tʰaɪ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: dou⁶ toi⁴
  - Yale: douh tòih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dou⁶ toi⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /tou̯²² tʰɔːi̯²¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, mainstream Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tō-tâi
  - Tâi-lô: tō-tâi
  - Phofsit Daibuun: doixdaai
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tɤ²²⁻²¹ taɪ²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tɤ²²⁻²¹ taɪ¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /to³³⁻¹¹ taɪ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tɤ³³⁻²¹ taɪ²³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tō͘-tâi
  - Tâi-lô: tōo-tâi
  - Phofsit Daibuun: doxdaai
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tɔ⁴¹⁻²² taɪ²⁴/