倜儻
See also: 倜傥
Chinese
| phonetic | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (倜儻) | 倜 | 儻 | |
| simp. (倜傥) | 倜 | 傥 | |
| alternative forms | 俶儻／俶傥 | ||
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: tìtǎng
- Zhuyin: ㄊㄧˋ ㄊㄤˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: tìtǎng
- Wade–Giles: tʻi4-tʻang3
- Yale: tì-tǎng
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tihtaang
- Palladius: титан (titan)
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰi⁵¹ tʰɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: tik1 tong2
- Yale: tīk tóng
- Cantonese Pinyin: tik7 tong2
- Guangdong Romanization: tig1 tong2
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰɪk̚⁵ tʰɔːŋ³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thek-thóng
- Tâi-lô: thik-thóng
- Phofsit Daibuun: tektorng
- IPA (Xiamen): /tʰiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ tʰɔŋ⁵³/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰiɪk̚³²⁻⁵ tʰɔŋ⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thiak-thóng
- Tâi-lô: thiak-thóng
- Phofsit Daibuun: tiaktorng
- IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰiak̚⁵⁻²⁴ tʰɔŋ⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
- Middle Chinese: thek thangX
- Old Chinese
- (Zhengzhang): /*tʰɯːwɢ tʰaːŋʔ/
Adjective
倜儻
- (literary, ideophonic) unrestrained and elegant; unconventional and tasteful
- 古者富貴而名磨滅，不可勝記，唯倜儻非常之人稱焉。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: 1st century BCE, Sima Qian, Letter to Ren An. Translated by Burton Watson.
- Gǔ zhě fùguì ér míng mómiè, bùkě shēngjì, wéi tìtǎng fēicháng zhī rén chēng yān. [Pinyin]
- Too numerous to record are the men of ancient times who were rich and noble and whose name have yet vanished away. It is only those who were masterful and sure, the truly extraordinary ones, who are still remembered.
古者富贵而名磨灭，不可胜记，唯倜傥非常之人称焉。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]