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月桃

月桃

Chinese

		moon; month	peach
simp. and trad. (月桃)		月	桃
anagram		桃月

Noun

月桃

shell ginger (Alpinia zerumbet)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
月	桃
げつ > げっ Grade: 1	とう Grade: S
on'yomi

Pronunciation

On'yomi: Kan'on
(Tokyo) げっとう [gèttóó] (Heiban - [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ɡe̞t̚to̞ː]

Noun

月桃 ‎(hiragana げっとう, katakana ゲットウ, romaji gettō, historical hiragana げったう)

shell ginger

References

↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): yuètáo

(Zhuyin): ㄩㄝˋ ㄊㄠˊ
Min Nan (POJ): goe̍h-thô / ge̍h-thô

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: yuètáo
  - Zhuyin: ㄩㄝˋ ㄊㄠˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuehtaur
  - IPA ^(key): /y̯œ⁵¹ tʰɑʊ̯³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Pinyin: yuètáor
  - Zhuyin: ㄩㄝˋ ㄊㄠˊㄦ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuehtaulr
  - IPA ^(key): /y̯œ⁵¹ tʰaʊɻʷ³⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: goe̍h-thô / ge̍h-thô
  - Tâi-lô: gue̍h-thô / ge̍h-thô
  - Phofsit Daibuun: goeqtooi, geqtooi
  - IPA (Xiamen): /gue(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ tʰɤ²⁴/, /ge(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ tʰɤ²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /gue(ʔ)²⁴⁻²² tʰɤ²⁴/, /ge(ʔ)²⁴⁻²² tʰɤ²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /gue(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ tʰɤ¹³/, /ge(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ tʰɤ¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /gue(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ tʰo²⁴/, /ge(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ tʰo²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /gue(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ tʰɤ²³/, /ge(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ tʰɤ²³/