適當

See also: 适当 and 適当

Chinese

		to fit; to suit	to act as; represent; equal to act as; represent; equal; should; fitting; suitable; adequate; proper; replace; to be; to hold a position; manage; withstand; when; during; ought; match equally; same; obstruct; just at (a time or place); on the spot; right; just at
trad. (適當)		適	當
simp. (适当)		适	当

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shìdàng

(Zhuyin): ㄕˋ ㄉㄤˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sik¹ dong³
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): sṳt-tông / tit-tông / tit-tong

(Hailu, HRS): shid dong^ˋ / did dong^ˋ
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): sih⁶ dorng⁴
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): siak-tòng / sek-tòng / sek-tong

(Teochew, Peng'im): sêg⁴ dang³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shìdàng
  - Zhuyin: ㄕˋ ㄉㄤˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shìhdàng
  - Wade–Giles: shih⁴-tang⁴
  - Yale: shr̀-dàng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyhdanq
  - Palladius: шидан (šidan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ tɑŋ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sik¹ dong³
  - Yale: sīk dong
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sik⁷ dong³
  - Guangdong Romanization: xig¹ dong³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪk̚⁵ tɔːŋ³³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳt-tông / tit-tông / tit-tong
  - Hakka Romanization System: siid^ˋ dong^ˊ / did^ˋ dong^ˊ / did^ˋ dong
  - Hagfa Pinyim: sid⁵ dong¹ / did⁵ dong¹ / did⁵ dong⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /sɨt̚² toŋ²⁴/, /tit̚² toŋ²⁴/, /tit̚² toŋ⁵⁵/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: shid dong^ˋ / did dong^ˋ
  - Sinological IPA: /ʃit⁵⁻² toŋ⁵³/, /tit⁵⁻² toŋ⁵³/

Note:

Sixian:
- sṳt-tông - literary;
- tit-tông, tit-tong - vernacular.
Hailu:
- shid dongˋ - literary;
- did dongˋ - vernacular.

Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: sih⁶ dorng⁴ [Phonetic: sih⁷ dorng⁴]
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: sih-do̤̍ng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬiʔ²¹⁻⁴⁵ tɒŋ⁴²/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: sih⁶ dorng⁴ [Phonetic: sih⁷ dorng⁴]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬiʔ²⁻⁴ tɒŋ⁴²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siak-tòng
  - Tâi-lô: siak-tòng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siakdoxng
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /siak̚⁵⁻²⁴ tɔŋ⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sek-tòng
  - Tâi-lô: sik-tòng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sekdoxng
  - IPA (Kaohsiung, Xiamen): /siɪk̚³²⁻⁴ tɔŋ²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /siɪk̚³²⁻⁴ tɔŋ¹¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /siɪk̚³²⁻⁵ tɔŋ²¹/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sek-tong
  - Tâi-lô: sik-tong
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sekdofng
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /siɪk̚³²⁻⁴ tɔŋ⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: sêg⁴ dang³
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sek tàng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sek̚²⁻⁴ taŋ²¹³/

Adjective

適當

suitable; appropriate

Synonyms

Japanese

Kanji in this term
適	當
てき Grade: 5	とう Hyōgai
kan'yōon	on'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 適當 – see the following entry.

【適当てきとう】

[adjective] suitable; appropriate; fit

[adjective] random, indiscriminate, as one will

[adjective] half-arsed, lazy, slovenly

[noun] suitability; appropriateness; fitness

[noun] indiscrimination

Alternative spelling
テキトー

(This term, 適當, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term
適	當

Noun

適當 • (jeokdang) (hangeul 적당)

hanja form^? of 적당 (“suitability, appropriateness”)