髑髏地
Chinese
| skull of a corpse; head of a corpse | earth; ground; field earth; ground; field; place; land; (subor. part. adverbial); ‑ly | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (髑髏地) | 髑髏 | 地 | |
| simp. (髑髅地) | 髑髅 | 地 | |
Etymology
Attested in the Chinese Union Version Bible, a calque of Latin calvāria.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: Dúlóudì
- Zhuyin: ㄉㄨˊ ㄌㄡˊ ㄉㄧˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: Dúlóudì
- Wade–Giles: Tu2-lou2-ti4
- Yale: Dú-lóu-dì
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Dwuloudih
- Palladius: Дулоуди (Duloudi)
- Sinological IPA (key): /tu³⁵ loʊ̯³⁵ ti⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
Proper noun
髑髏地
- Calvary; Golgotha (a hill in Jerusalem)
- 髑髏地到了！
- From: 16 June 1933, Ai Qing,《一個拿撒勒人的死》(The Death of a Nazarene)
- Dúlóudì dào le!
Tā bèi bīngshì-men àn dào shízìjià shàng
Cóng tā de shǒuzhǎng hé jiǎobèi
Qiāo jìn le sì méi chángdà de dīngzi...... [Pinyin] - Golgotha they have reached!
He is pressed hard upon the cross by soldiers,
And through his palms and feet
They drive four great iron nails.
他被兵士們按到十字架上
從他的手掌和腳背
敲進了四枚長大的釘子…… [MSC, trad.]
髑髅地到了！
他被兵士们按到十字架上
从他的手掌和脚背
敲进了四枚长大的钉子…… [MSC, simp.]