五天竺

Chinese

		five	India; Tianzhu Area
trad. (五天竺)		五	天竺
simp. #(五天竺)		五	天竺

Etymology

The Puranas divide ancient India into five regions: Pracya (Eastern India), Uttarapatha (Northern India), Aparanta (Western India), Dakshinapatha (Southern India) and Madhyadesha (Central India). 五天竺 (Wǔtiānzhú, literally “five Indias”) is thus a term for all of India.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Wǔtiānzhú

  (Zhuyin): ㄨˇ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄓㄨˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ng⁵ tin¹ zuk¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Wǔtiānzhú
    • Zhuyin: ㄨˇ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄓㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Wǔtianjhú
    • Wade–Giles: Wu³-tʻien¹-chu²
    • Yale: Wǔ-tyān-jú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Wuutianjwu
    • Palladius: Утяньчжу (Utjanʹčžu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂu³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ng⁵ tin¹ zuk¹
    • Yale: ńgh tīn jūk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ng⁵ tin¹ dzuk⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: ng⁵ tin¹ zug¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋ̍¹³ tʰiːn⁵⁵ t͡sʊk̚⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: nguX then trjuwk

Rime
Character	五	天	竺
Reading #	1/1	1/1	2/3
Initial (聲)	疑 (31)	透 (6)	知 (9)
Final (韻)	模 (23)	先 (85)	屋 (4)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Level (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	IV	III
Fanqie	疑古切	他前切	張六切
Baxter	nguX	then	trjuwk
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ŋuoX/	/tʰen/	/ʈɨuk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ŋuoX/	/tʰen/	/ʈiuk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ŋoX/	/tʰɛn/	/ȶiuk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ŋɔX/	/tʰɛn/	/ʈuwk̚/
Li Rong	/ŋoX/	/tʰen/	/ȶiuk̚/
Wang Li	/ŋuX/	/tʰien/	/ȶĭuk̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ŋuoX/	/tʰien/	/ȶi̯uk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wǔ	tiān	zhu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ng5	tin1	zuk1

Proper noun

五天竺

1. (historical) ancient India

Synonyms

• 五印度 (Wǔyìndù)
• 五印 (Wǔyìn)
• 五天
• 印度 (Yìndù)