澹臺

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (澹臺/澹台)		澹	臺/台
simp. (澹台)		澹	台

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Tántái

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄢˊ ㄊㄞˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): taam⁴ toi⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Tâm-tâi

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Tántái
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄢˊ ㄊㄞˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Tántái
  - Wade–Giles: Tʻan²-tʻai²
  - Yale: Tán-tái
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Tarntair
  - Palladius: Таньтай (Tanʹtaj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰän³⁵ tʰaɪ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: taam⁴ toi⁴
  - Yale: tàahm tòih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: taam⁴ toi⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: tam⁴ toi⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaːm²¹ tʰɔːi̯²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tâm-tâi
  - Tâi-lô: Tâm-tâi
  - Phofsit Daibuun: damdaai
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tam²⁴⁻²² tai²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tam²⁴⁻²² tai²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tam¹³⁻²² tai¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tam²⁴⁻¹¹ tai²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tam²³⁻³³ tai²³/

Middle Chinese: dam doj

Rime
Character	澹	臺
Reading #	1/3	1/1
Initial (聲)	定 (7)	定 (7)
Final (韻)	談 (143)	咍 (41)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	徒甘切	徒哀切
Baxter	dam	doj
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/dɑm/	/dʌi/
Pan Wuyun	/dɑm/	/dəi/
Shao Rongfen	/dɑm/	/dɒi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/dam/	/dəj/
Li Rong	/dɑm/	/dᴀi/
Wang Li	/dɑm/	/dɒi/
Bernhard Karlgren	/dʱɑm/	/dʱɑ̆i/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	tán	tái
Expected Cantonese Reflex	taam⁴	toi⁴

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[l]ˤamʔ lˤə/

(Zhengzhang): /*daːm dɯː/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	澹	臺
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	dàn	tái
Middle Chinese	‹ dam^X ›	‹ doj ›
Old Chinese	/*[l]ˁamʔ/	/*lˁə/
English	calm	tower
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	澹	臺
Reading #	1/3	1/1
No.	16755	12306
Phonetic component	詹	臺
Rime group	談	之
Rime subdivision	1	0
Corresponding MC rime	談	臺
Old Chinese	/*daːm/	/*dɯː/
Notes		室高省，小徐之聲

Proper noun

澹臺

a surname