五印度

Chinese

		five
trad. (五印度)		五	印度
simp. #(五印度)		五	印度

Etymology

Coined by Xuanzang (a Chinese Buddhist monk who had travelled to India) in his book The Great Tang Records on the Western Regions [646 CE].

The Puranas divide ancient India into five regions: Pracya (Eastern India), Uttarapatha (Northern India), Aparanta (Western India), Dakshinapatha (Southern India) and Madhyadesha (Central India). 五印度 (Wǔyìndù, literally “five Indias”) is thus a term for all of India.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Wǔyìndù

  (Zhuyin): ㄨˇ ㄧㄣˋ ㄉㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ng⁵ jan³ dou⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Wǔyìndù
    • Zhuyin: ㄨˇ ㄧㄣˋ ㄉㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Wǔyìndù
    • Wade–Giles: Wu³-yin⁴-tu⁴
    • Yale: Wǔ-yìn-dù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Wuuyinnduh
    • Palladius: Уиньду (Uinʹdu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u²¹⁴⁻²¹ in⁵¹⁻⁵³ tu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ng⁵ jan³ dou⁶
    • Yale: ńgh yan douh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ng⁵ jan³ dou⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: ng⁵ yen³ dou⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋ̍¹³ jɐn³³ tou̯²²/

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• Middle Chinese: nguX 'jinH duH

Rime
Character	五	印	度
Reading #	1/1	1/1	1/2
Initial (聲)	疑 (31)	影 (34)	定 (7)
Final (韻)	模 (23)	眞 (43)	模 (23)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	III	I
Fanqie	疑古切	於刃切	徒故切
Baxter	nguX	'jinH	duH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ŋuoX/	/ʔiɪnH/	/duoH/
Pan Wuyun	/ŋuoX/	/ʔinH/	/duoH/
Shao Rongfen	/ŋoX/	/ʔjenH/	/doH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ŋɔX/	/ʔinH/	/dɔH/
Li Rong	/ŋoX/	/ʔiĕnH/	/doH/
Wang Li	/ŋuX/	/ĭĕnH/	/duH/
Bernard Karlgren	/ŋuoX/	/ʔi̯ĕnH/	/dʱuoH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wǔ	yìn	dù
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ng5	jan3	dou6

Proper noun

五印度

1. (obsolete) India

Synonyms

• 五天竺 (Wǔtiānzhú)
• 五印 (Wǔyìn)
• 五天
• 印度 (Yìndù)