句讀

See also: 句读 and 句読

Chinese

		sentence	pause
trad. (句讀)		句	讀
simp. (句读)		句	读
alternative forms		句逗

Etymology

Attestable since at least the Eastern Han dynasty (25–220 AD). The practice itself goes back to the pre-Qin period (before 221 BC).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jùdòu

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

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jùdòu
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄩˋ ㄉㄡˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jyùdòu
  - Wade–Giles: chü⁴-tou⁴
  - Yale: jyù-dòu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiuhdow
  - Palladius: цзюйдоу (czjujdou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕy⁵¹⁻⁵³ toʊ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: geoi³ dau⁶
  - Yale: geui dauh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: goey³ dau⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: gêu³ deo⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɵy̯³³ tɐu̯²²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kù-tāu
  - Tâi-lô: kù-tāu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kuo'dau
  - IPA (Taipei): /ku¹¹⁻⁵³ tau³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ku²¹⁻⁵³ tau²²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ku²¹⁻⁴¹ tau³³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kù-tiō
  - Tâi-lô: kù-tiō
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kuo'dioi
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ku⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tio⁴¹/

Noun

句讀

judou (traditional method of punctuation used in premodern Chinese texts)

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