棟樑
Chinese
| roof beam | beam of roof | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (棟樑/棟梁) | 棟 | 樑/梁 | |
| simp. (栋梁) | 栋 | 梁 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): dung3 loeng4 / dung6 loeng4
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tòng-liông / tòng-liâng / tòng-niû / tiòng-liông
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
- Hanyu Pinyin: dòngliáng
- Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄥˋ ㄌㄧㄤˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: dòngliáng
- Wade–Giles: tung4-liang2
- Yale: dùng-lyáng
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: donqliang
- Palladius: дунлян (dunljan)
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʊŋ⁵¹ li̯ɑŋ³⁵/
- Homophones:
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棟樑 / 栋梁
- (Standard Chinese)
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: dung3 loeng4 / dung6 loeng4
- Yale: dung lèuhng / duhng lèuhng
- Cantonese Pinyin: dung3 loeng4 / dung6 loeng4
- Guangdong Romanization: dung3 lêng4 / dung6 lêng4
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʊŋ³³ lœːŋ²¹/, /tʊŋ²² lœːŋ²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tòng-liông
- Tâi-lô: tòng-liông
- Phofsit Daibuun: dornglioong
- IPA (Xiamen): /tɔŋ²¹⁻⁵³ liɔŋ²⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /tɔŋ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ liɔŋ²⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /tɔŋ²¹⁻⁴¹ liɔŋ²³/
- IPA (Taipei): /tɔŋ¹¹⁻⁵³ liɔŋ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tòng-liâng
- Tâi-lô: tòng-liâng
- Phofsit Daibuun: dorngliaang
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /tɔŋ²¹⁻⁵³ liaŋ¹³/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tòng-niû
- Tâi-lô: tòng-niû
- Phofsit Daibuun: dorngniuu
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /tɔŋ²¹⁻⁴¹ niũ²³/
- IPA (Taipei): /tɔŋ¹¹⁻⁵³ niũ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiòng-liông
- Tâi-lô: tiòng-liông
- Phofsit Daibuun: diornglioong
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiɔŋ²¹⁻⁴¹ liɔŋ²³/
- IPA (Taipei): /tiɔŋ¹¹⁻⁵³ liɔŋ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
Noun
棟樑
- (architecture) ridgepole
- (figurative) pillar; anchor; mainstay
Synonyms
- (mainstay):
Antonyms
- (antonym(s) of “mainstay”):
- 庸才 (yōngcái)
Derived terms
- 國家棟樑 / 国家栋梁
- 大廈棟樑 / 大厦栋梁
- 棟樑之任 / 栋梁之任
- 棟樑之器 / 栋梁之器
- 棟樑之材 / 栋梁之材
- 棟樑之臣 / 栋梁之臣
- 棟樑材 / 栋梁材