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Noun [Chinese]

IPA: /toʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ kʰoʊ̯⁵¹/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA, standard], /tɐu̯²² kʰɐu̯³³/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /tau²²⁻²¹ kʰɔ²¹/ [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Xiamen], /tɔ²²⁻²¹ kʰɔ²¹/ [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Xiamen], /tau⁴¹⁻²² kʰɔ⁴¹/ [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Quanzhou], /tɔ⁴¹⁻²² kʰɔ⁴¹/ [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Quanzhou], /tau²²⁻²¹ kʰɔ²¹/ [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Zhangzhou], /tɔ²²⁻²¹ kʰɔ²¹/ [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Zhangzhou], /tau³³⁻¹¹ kʰɔ¹¹/ [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Taipei], /tɔ³³⁻¹¹ kʰɔ¹¹/ [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Taipei], /tau³³⁻²¹ kʰɔ²¹/ [Hokkien, Kaohsiung, Min-Nan], /tɔ³³⁻²¹ kʰɔ²¹/ [Hokkien, Kaohsiung, Min-Nan], /toʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ kʰoʊ̯⁵¹/, /tɐu̯²² kʰɐu̯³³/, /tau²²⁻²¹ kʰɔ²¹/, /tɔ²²⁻²¹ kʰɔ²¹/, /tau⁴¹⁻²² kʰɔ⁴¹/, /tɔ⁴¹⁻²² kʰɔ⁴¹/, /tau²²⁻²¹ kʰɔ²¹/, /tɔ²²⁻²¹ kʰɔ²¹/, /tau³³⁻¹¹ kʰɔ¹¹/, /tɔ³³⁻¹¹ kʰɔ¹¹/, /tau³³⁻²¹ kʰɔ²¹/, /tɔ³³⁻²¹ kʰɔ²¹/ Chinese transliterations: dòukòu [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄉㄡˋ ㄎㄡˋ [Mandarin, bopomofo], dau⁶ kau³ [Cantonese, Jyutping], tāu-khò͘, tō͘-khò͘, dòukòu [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin, standard], ㄉㄡˋ ㄎㄡˋ [Mandarin, bopomofo, standard], dòukòu [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin, standard], tou⁴-kʻou⁴ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles, standard], dòu-kòu [Mandarin, Yale, standard], dowkow [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin, standard], доукоу [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], doukou [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], dauh kau [Cantonese, Yale], dau⁶ kau³ [Cantonese, Pinyin], deo⁶ keo³ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], tāu-khò͘ [Hokkien, Min-Nan, POJ], tō͘-khò͘ [Hokkien, Min-Nan, POJ], tāu-khòo [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Tai-lo], tōo-khòo [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Tai-lo], dauxqox [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Phofsit-Daibuun], doxqox [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Phofsit-Daibuun], duwH xuwH [Middle-Chinese], /*doːs qʰoːs/ [Old-Chinese, Zhengzhang] Forms: 荳蔻, 豆寇
Etymology: Perhaps a variant of Tang-dynasty 多骨 (MC ta kwot), referring to cardamom imported from the Kakkola (伽古羅) country on the western coast of the Malaya Peninsula, which the Chinese from the eighth century thought produced both the nutmegs and the round cardamom (Amomum compactum), the latter possibly imported from Java (Donkin, 2003). Compare Sanskrit तक्कोल (takkola, “a kind of perfume”), कक्कोल (kakkola, “a kind of plant; a perfume”), Pali takkola, Arabic قاقُلَّة (qāqulla, “cardamom”), Tibetan ཀ་ཀོ་ལ (ka ko la, “cardamom”), Javanese kapulaga. Li Shizhen interprets this word as a compound of 豆 (“bean(-like)”) + 蔻 (“many; profusion”). Cardamom flowers bloom in early summer. They appear very plump before they bloom, and are commonly known as "fetal flowers", so they have become a symbol of girlhood. From the Tang Dynasty, one of Du Mu's two farewell poems Etymology templates: {{ltc-l|多骨}} 多骨 (MC ta kwot), {{zh-l|*伽古羅}} 伽古羅, {{taxlink|Amomum compactum|species}} Amomum compactum, {{zh-ref|Donkin, 2003}} Donkin, 2003, {{bor|zh|sa|तक्कोल||a kind of perfume}} Sanskrit तक्कोल (takkola, “a kind of perfume”), {{cog|pi|takkola}} Pali takkola, {{cog|ar|قاقُلَّة||cardamom}} Arabic قاقُلَّة (qāqulla, “cardamom”), {{cog|bo|ཀ་ཀོ་ལ||cardamom}} Tibetan ཀ་ཀོ་ལ (ka ko la, “cardamom”), {{cog|jv|kapulaga}} Javanese kapulaga, {{zh-l|*豆|bean(-like)}} 豆 (“bean(-like)”), {{zh-l|*蔻|many; profusion}} 蔻 (“many; profusion”) Head templates: {{head|zh|noun}} 豆蔻
  1. cardamom, especially Cambodian cardamon (Wurfbainia vera) and Javanese cardamon (Wurfbainia compacta)
    Sense id: en-豆蔻-zh-noun-6ILG8KvT Categories (other): Ginger family plants Disambiguation of Ginger family plants: 34 41 25
  2. Short for 肉豆蔻 (ròudòukòu, “nutmeg”). Tags: abbreviation, alt-of Alternative form of: 肉豆蔻 (extra: ròudòukòu, “nutmeg”)
    Sense id: en-豆蔻-zh-noun-tv558-8H Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Ginger family plants, Magnoliids Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 31 64 6 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 31 65 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 31 66 3 Disambiguation of Ginger family plants: 34 41 25 Disambiguation of Magnoliids: 30 70 0
  3. (figurative) girl's teenage years (especially 13–14 years of age); maidenhood; budding beauty Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-豆蔻-zh-noun-jnkb-QI9 Categories (other): Age, Ginger family plants Disambiguation of Age: 0 0 100 Disambiguation of Ginger family plants: 34 41 25
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 小豆蔻 (xiǎodòukòu), 白豆蔻 (báidòukòu), 紅豆蔻, 红豆蔻, 肉豆蔻 (ròudòukòu), 草豆蔻, 豆蔻年華 (dòukòuniánhuá), 豆蔻年华 (dòukòuniánhuá), 豆蔻梢頭, 豆蔻梢头, 豆蔻酸
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      "zh-pron": "dòukòu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
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        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄉㄡˋ ㄎㄡˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dau⁶ kau³"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "tāu-khò͘"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "tō͘-khò͘"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dòukòu"
    },
    {
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        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄉㄡˋ ㄎㄡˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tou⁴-kʻou⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dòu-kòu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dowkow"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "доукоу"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "doukou"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/toʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ kʰoʊ̯⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dauh kau"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dau⁶ kau³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "deo⁶ keo³"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tɐu̯²² kʰɐu̯³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tāu-khò͘"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tō͘-khò͘"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tāu-khòo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tōo-khòo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dauxqox"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "doxqox"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tau²²⁻²¹ kʰɔ²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tɔ²²⁻²¹ kʰɔ²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tau⁴¹⁻²² kʰɔ⁴¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tɔ⁴¹⁻²² kʰɔ⁴¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tau²²⁻²¹ kʰɔ²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tɔ²²⁻²¹ kʰɔ²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tau³³⁻¹¹ kʰɔ¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tɔ³³⁻¹¹ kʰɔ¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tau³³⁻²¹ kʰɔ²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung",
        "Min-Nan"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tɔ³³⁻²¹ kʰɔ²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung",
        "Min-Nan"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "duwH xuwH"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Zhengzhang"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*doːs qʰoːs/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/toʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ kʰoʊ̯⁵¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tɐu̯²² kʰɐu̯³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tau²²⁻²¹ kʰɔ²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tɔ²²⁻²¹ kʰɔ²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tau⁴¹⁻²² kʰɔ⁴¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tɔ⁴¹⁻²² kʰɔ⁴¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tau²²⁻²¹ kʰɔ²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tɔ²²⁻²¹ kʰɔ²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tau³³⁻¹¹ kʰɔ¹¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tɔ³³⁻¹¹ kʰɔ¹¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tau³³⁻²¹ kʰɔ²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tɔ³³⁻²¹ kʰɔ²¹/"
    },
    {
      "other": "/*doːs qʰoːs/"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Du Mu",
    "Li Shizhen"
  ],
  "word": "豆蔻"
}
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  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "xiǎodòukòu",
      "word": "小豆蔻"
    },
    {
      "roman": "báidòukòu",
      "word": "白豆蔻"
    },
    {
      "word": "紅豆蔻"
    },
    {
      "word": "红豆蔻"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ròudòukòu",
      "word": "肉豆蔻"
    },
    {
      "word": "草豆蔻"
    },
    {
      "roman": "dòukòuniánhuá",
      "word": "豆蔻年華"
    },
    {
      "roman": "dòukòuniánhuá",
      "word": "豆蔻年华"
    },
    {
      "word": "豆蔻梢頭"
    },
    {
      "word": "豆蔻梢头"
    },
    {
      "word": "豆蔻酸"
    }
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          35
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          8,
          10
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      "raw_tags": [
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        "Traditional Chinese"
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      "ref": " Tang Dynasty Du Mu's Farewell",
      "roman": "Pīngpīng niǎoniǎo shísān yú, dòukòu shāotóu èryuè chū.",
      "tags": [
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "text": "娉娉裊裊十三餘,豆蔻梢頭二月初。",
      "type": "quote"
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          35
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          10
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        "Classical Chinese",
        "Simplified Chinese"
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      "ref": " Tang Dynasty Du Mu's Farewell",
      "roman": "Pīngpīng niǎoniǎo shísān yú, dòukòu shāotóu èryuè chū.",
      "tags": [
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "text": "娉娉袅袅十三余,豆蔻梢头二月初。",
      "type": "quote"
    }
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        "1": "多骨"
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      "args": {
        "1": "*伽古羅"
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        "1": "Donkin, 2003"
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        "3": "तक्कोल",
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        "1": "pi",
        "2": "takkola"
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      "expansion": "Pali takkola",
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      "args": {
        "1": "ar",
        "2": "قاقُلَّة",
        "3": "",
        "4": "cardamom"
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bo",
        "2": "ཀ་ཀོ་ལ",
        "3": "",
        "4": "cardamom"
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      "expansion": "Tibetan ཀ་ཀོ་ལ (ka ko la, “cardamom”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "jv",
        "2": "kapulaga"
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      "expansion": "Javanese kapulaga",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*豆",
        "2": "bean(-like)"
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      "expansion": "豆 (“bean(-like)”)",
      "name": "zh-l"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*蔻",
        "2": "many; profusion"
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      "expansion": "蔻 (“many; profusion”)",
      "name": "zh-l"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Perhaps a variant of Tang-dynasty 多骨 (MC ta kwot), referring to cardamom imported from the Kakkola (伽古羅) country on the western coast of the Malaya Peninsula, which the Chinese from the eighth century thought produced both the nutmegs and the round cardamom (Amomum compactum), the latter possibly imported from Java (Donkin, 2003).\nCompare Sanskrit तक्कोल (takkola, “a kind of perfume”), कक्कोल (kakkola, “a kind of plant; a perfume”), Pali takkola, Arabic قاقُلَّة (qāqulla, “cardamom”), Tibetan ཀ་ཀོ་ལ (ka ko la, “cardamom”), Javanese kapulaga.\nLi Shizhen interprets this word as a compound of 豆 (“bean(-like)”) + 蔻 (“many; profusion”).\nCardamom flowers bloom in early summer. They appear very plump before they bloom, and are commonly known as \"fetal flowers\", so they have become a symbol of girlhood. From the Tang Dynasty, one of Du Mu's two farewell poems",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "荳蔻",
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    {
      "form": "豆寇"
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      "args": {
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        "2": "noun"
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      "expansion": "豆蔻",
      "name": "head"
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  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "glosses": [
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          "word": "肉豆蔻"
        }
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      "glosses": [
        "Short for 肉豆蔻 (ròudòukòu, “nutmeg”)."
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      "links": [
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          "肉豆蔻",
          "肉豆蔻#Chinese"
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        [
          "nutmeg",
          "nutmeg"
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      "tags": [
        "abbreviation",
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        "girl's teenage years (especially 13–14 years of age); maidenhood; budding beauty"
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          "girl",
          "girl"
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          "teenage",
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        [
          "year",
          "year"
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        [
          "age",
          "age"
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          "maidenhood",
          "maidenhood"
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          "budding",
          "budding"
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          "beauty",
          "beauty"
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        "(figurative) girl's teenage years (especially 13–14 years of age); maidenhood; budding beauty"
      ],
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        "figuratively"
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      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dòukòu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄉㄡˋ ㄎㄡˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dau⁶ kau³"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "tāu-khò͘"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "tō͘-khò͘"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
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      "zh-pron": "dòukòu"
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    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
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      "zh-pron": "ㄉㄡˋ ㄎㄡˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dòukòu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tou⁴-kʻou⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dòu-kòu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dowkow"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "доукоу"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "doukou"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/toʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ kʰoʊ̯⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dauh kau"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dau⁶ kau³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "deo⁶ keo³"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tɐu̯²² kʰɐu̯³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
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    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tāu-khò͘"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tō͘-khò͘"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tāu-khòo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tōo-khòo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dauxqox"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "doxqox"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tau²²⁻²¹ kʰɔ²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tɔ²²⁻²¹ kʰɔ²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tau⁴¹⁻²² kʰɔ⁴¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tɔ⁴¹⁻²² kʰɔ⁴¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tau²²⁻²¹ kʰɔ²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tɔ²²⁻²¹ kʰɔ²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tau³³⁻¹¹ kʰɔ¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tɔ³³⁻¹¹ kʰɔ¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tau³³⁻²¹ kʰɔ²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung",
        "Min-Nan"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tɔ³³⁻²¹ kʰɔ²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung",
        "Min-Nan"
      ]
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    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "duwH xuwH"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Zhengzhang"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*doːs qʰoːs/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/toʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ kʰoʊ̯⁵¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tɐu̯²² kʰɐu̯³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tau²²⁻²¹ kʰɔ²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tɔ²²⁻²¹ kʰɔ²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tau⁴¹⁻²² kʰɔ⁴¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tɔ⁴¹⁻²² kʰɔ⁴¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tau²²⁻²¹ kʰɔ²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tɔ²²⁻²¹ kʰɔ²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tau³³⁻¹¹ kʰɔ¹¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tɔ³³⁻¹¹ kʰɔ¹¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tau³³⁻²¹ kʰɔ²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tɔ³³⁻²¹ kʰɔ²¹/"
    },
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      "other": "/*doːs qʰoːs/"
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    "Du Mu",
    "Li Shizhen"
  ],
  "word": "豆蔻"
}

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