洪濤

Chinese

		flood	big wave
trad. (洪濤)		洪	濤
simp. (洪涛)		洪	涛

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): hóngtāo, hóngtáo

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄥˊ ㄊㄠ, ㄏㄨㄥˊ ㄊㄠˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hung⁴ tou⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: hóngtāo
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄥˊ ㄊㄠ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: hóngtao
  - Wade–Giles: hung²-tʻao¹
  - Yale: húng-tāu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: horngtau
  - Palladius: хунтао (xuntao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xʊŋ³⁵ tʰɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: hóngtáo
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄥˊ ㄊㄠˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: hóngtáo
  - Wade–Giles: hung²-tʻao²
  - Yale: húng-táu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: horngtaur
  - Palladius: хунтао (xuntao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xʊŋ³⁵ tʰɑʊ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: hung⁴ tou⁴
  - Yale: hùhng tòuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hung⁴ tou⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: hung⁴ tou⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hʊŋ²¹ tʰou̯²¹/
  - Homophones:
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    紅桃 / 红桃
    雄圖 / 雄图

Noun

洪濤

huge wave; boisterous wave
- 2020, “保守我心”‎^[1]performed by 朱肇階 [Daniel Chu]:
  
  永生神以洪濤漫過我身 [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
  永生神以洪涛漫过我身 [Literary Cantonese, simp.]
  wing⁵ sang¹ san⁴ ji⁵ hung⁴ tou⁴ maan⁶ gwo³ ngo⁵ san¹ [Jyutping]
  The Eternal God floods over me with huge waves

Japanese

Kanji in this term
洪	濤
こう Grade: S	とう Hyōgai
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
洪涛

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) こーとー [kòótóó] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ko̞ːto̞ː]

Noun

洪(こう)濤(とう) • (kōtō)

great wave

Synonyms

大波(おおなみ) (ōnami)
洪波(こうは) (kōha)

References

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