縣度

See also: 县度

Chinese

		a district; county	capacity; degree; standard
trad. (縣度)		縣	度
simp. (县度)		县	度

Alternative forms

懸度／悬度

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xiànduó

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢˋ ㄉㄨㄛˊ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xiànduó
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢˋ ㄉㄨㄛˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: siànduó
  - Wade–Giles: hsien⁴-to²
  - Yale: syàn-dwó
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shianndwo
  - Palladius: сяньдо (sjanʹdo)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹ tu̯ɔ³⁵/

Middle Chinese: hwenH dak

Rime
Character	縣	度
Reading #	2/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)	定 (7)
Final (韻)	先 (86)	唐 (103)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	IV	I
Fanqie	黃練切	徒落切
Baxter	hwenH	dak
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦwen^H/	/dɑk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦʷen^H/	/dɑk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣuɛn^H/	/dɑk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦwɛn^H/	/dak̚/
Li Rong	/ɣuen^H/	/dɑk̚/
Wang Li	/ɣiwen^H/	/dɑk̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɣiwen^H/	/dʱɑk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xuàn	duó
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jyun⁶	dok⁶

Proper noun

縣度

(literary, historical) Hindu Kush (a mountain range in Afghanistan and Pakistan)
- 其西則有縣度，去陽關五千八百八十八里，去都護治所五千二百十里。縣度者，石山也，谿谷不通，以繩索相引而度云。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  其西则有县度，去阳关五千八百八十八里，去都护治所五千二百十里。县度者，石山也，谿谷不通，以绳索相引而度云。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: The Book of Han, circa 1^st century CE
  Qí xī zé yǒu Xiàndù, qù Yángguān wǔqiānbābǎibāshíbā-lǐ, qù dōuhù zhìsuǒ wǔqiān'èrbǎishí-lǐ. Xiàndù zhě, shíshān yě, jīgǔ bù tōng, yǐ shéngsuǒ xiàng yǐn ér dù yún. [Pinyin]
  On the west of that, there is Xianduo [the Hindu Kush], 5,888 li from Yang Pass, 5,210 li from the seat of protectorate. Xianduo is a rock mountain with impassable valleys which are said to be passed by using the rope pulled from the both sides.

Synonyms

興都庫什山脈／兴都库什山脉

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