典故

Chinese

		canon; dictionary	happening; instance; reason happening; instance; reason; cause; deceased; old
simp. and trad. (典故)		典	故

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): diǎngù

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄢˇ ㄍㄨˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): din² gu³
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tián-kò͘

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: diǎngù
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄢˇ ㄍㄨˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: diǎngù
  - Wade–Giles: tien³-ku⁴
  - Yale: dyǎn-gù
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: deanguh
  - Palladius: дяньгу (djanʹgu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ ku⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: din² gu³
  - Yale: dín gu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: din² gu³
  - Guangdong Romanization: din² gu³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiːn³⁵ kuː³³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tián-kò͘
  - Tâi-lô: tián-kòo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: diefnkox
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tiɛn⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kɔ²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tiɛn⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kɔ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiɛn⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kɔ²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tiɛn⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kɔ¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiɛn⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kɔ²¹/

Noun

典故

classical allusion

Synonyms

古事 (gǔshì) (literary)
古典 (gǔdiǎn)
舊典 / 旧典 (jiùdiǎn) (literary)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (典故):

→ Japanese: 典(てん)故(こ) (tenko)
→ Korean: 전고(典故) (jeon'go)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
典	故
てん Grade: 4	こ Grade: 5
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) てんこ [téꜜǹkò] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
IPA^(key): [tẽ̞ŋko̞]

Noun

典(てん)故(こ) • (tenko) ^{←てんこ (tenko)^?}

classical allusion

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN