多朗多

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (多朗多)		多	朗	多
simp. ^#(多朗多)		多	朗	多

Etymology

From English Toronto.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Duōlǎngduō

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄛㄌㄤˇ ㄉㄨㄛ
Cantonese (Jyutping): do¹ long⁵ do¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Duōlǎngduō
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄛㄌㄤˇ ㄉㄨㄛ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Duolǎngduo
  - Wade–Giles: To¹-lang³-to¹
  - Yale: Dwō-lǎng-dwō
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Duolaangduo
  - Palladius: Доландо (Dolando)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tu̯ɔ⁵⁵ lɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ tu̯ɔ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: do¹ long⁵ do¹
  - Yale: dō lóhng dō
  - Cantonese Pinyin: do¹ long⁵ do¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: do¹ long⁵ do¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɔː⁵⁵ lɔːŋ¹³ tɔː⁵⁵/

Proper noun

多朗多

(obsolete) Toronto (a city, the provincial capital of Ontario, Canada)
- 滑鐵路距多朗多八十哩之遙，驅車不到兩小時，該地兩城孿生為加東工業重區之一。 [MSC, trad.]
  滑铁路距多朗多八十哩之遥，驱车不到两小时，该地两城孪生为加东工业重区之一。 [MSC, simp.]
  From: 1968 June 8, 周維幹 and 盛慶琜, 加拿大校友會分區聯誼會短記, in 交大友聲
  Huátiělù jù Duōlǎngduō bāshí lǐ zhī yáo, qūchē bùdào liǎng xiǎoshí, gāi dì liǎng chéng luánshēng wéi Jiādōng gōngyè zhòngqū zhīyī. [Pinyin]
  Waterloo and Toronto are 80 miles apart; driving [between the two cities] doesn't even take two hours. The twin cities in that area form one of the industrial centres of eastern Canada.

Synonyms

多倫多／多伦多 (Duōlúnduō)

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