妥妥

Chinese

		secure; sound	secure; sound
trad. (妥妥)		妥	妥
simp. ^#(妥妥)		妥	妥

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tuǒtuǒ

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄨㄛˇ ㄊㄨㄛˇ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tuǒtuǒ [Phonetic: tuótuǒ]
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄛˇ ㄊㄨㄛˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tuǒtuǒ
  - Wade–Giles: tʻo³-tʻo³
  - Yale: twǒ-twǒ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tuootuoo
  - Palladius: тото (toto)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ tʰu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*n̥ˤojʔ n̥ˤojʔ/

(Zhengzhang): /*n̥ʰoːlʔ n̥ʰoːlʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	妥
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	tuǒ
Middle Chinese	‹ thwa^X ›
Old Chinese	/*n̥ˁojʔ/
English	at ease
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	妥
Reading #	1/1
No.	12585
Phonetic component	妥
Rime group	歌
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	妥
Old Chinese	/*n̥ʰoːlʔ/
Notes	金文通蕤賓之蕤

Adjective

妥妥

(dialectal Mandarin, followed by 的) veritable

Adverb

妥妥

(obsolete) in peace
- 魯之君臣，猶好為義，下之妥妥也，奄然寡聞，是以上能養其下，下能事其上。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad.]
  鲁之君臣，犹好为义，下之妥妥也，奄然寡闻，是以上能养其下，下能事其上。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, simp.]
  From: Annals of Master Yan, c. 3^rd century BCE
  Lǔ zhī jūnchén, yóu hào wéi yì, xià zhī tuǒtuǒ yě, yǎnrán guǎ wén, shìyǐ shàng néng yǎng qí xià, xià néng shì qí shàng. [Pinyin]
  The ruler and subjects of Lu still like to act with justice and hence inferiors are at peace; furthermore they are a serious people who do not engage in gossip. Thus superiors can help their inferiors and subjects can serve their rulers.