限度

Chinese

		limit; bound	capacity; degree; standard
simp. and trad. (限度)		限	度

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xiàndù

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢˋ ㄉㄨˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): haan⁶ dou⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): han-thu
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hǎn-tō͘ / hān-tō͘ / ān-tō͘

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xiàndù
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢˋ ㄉㄨˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: siàndù
  - Wade–Giles: hsien⁴-tu⁴
  - Yale: syàn-dù
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiannduh
  - Palladius: сяньду (sjanʹdu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ tu⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: haan⁶ dou⁶
  - Yale: haahn douh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: haan⁶ dou⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: han⁶ dou⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /haːn²² tou̯²²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: han-thu
  - Hakka Romanization System: han tu
  - Hagfa Pinyim: han⁴ tu⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /han⁵⁵ tʰu⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hǎn-tō͘
  - Tâi-lô: hǎn-tōo
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /han²² tɔ⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hān-tō͘
  - Tâi-lô: hān-tōo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: haxndo
  - IPA (Taipei): /han³³⁻¹¹ tɔ³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /han²²⁻²¹ tɔ²²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /han³³⁻²¹ tɔ³³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ān-tō͘
  - Tâi-lô: ān-tōo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: axndo
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /an²²⁻²¹ tɔ²²/

Noun

限度

limit; limitation

Synonyms

底線 / 底线 (dǐxiàn) (figurative)
界限 (jièxiàn) (figurative)
節限 / 节限 (jiéxiàn) (literary)
限 (xiàn) (formal, or in compounds)
限制 (xiànzhì)
雷池 (léichí) (figurative)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
限	度
げん Grade: 5	ど Grade: 3
on'yomi

Etymology

限 (げん, gen: “limit”) + 度 (ど, do: “degree”)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) げんど [géꜜǹdò] (Atamadaka – [1])
IPA^(key): [ɡẽ̞ndo̞]

Noun

限(げん)度(ど) • (gendo)

A capacity of limitation; a limit, a limitation.
- 2008, 責任限度額を超える手荷物に対する追加保険, Continental Airlines, Inc., web (ja) web (en),
  航空会社(こうくうがいしゃ)の責任(せきにん)限度(げんど)を超(こ)える手荷物(てにもつ)は、チェックイン時毎回申告(じまいかいしんこく)し、追加保険料(ついかほけんりょう)をかけていただく必要(ひつよう)があります。
  Kōkūgaisha no sekinin gendo o koeru tenimotsu wa, chekkuinji maikai shinkoku shi, tsuika hokenryō o kakete itadaku hitsuyō ga arimasu.
  You must re-declare and pay the applicable charges each time you check your excess valuation baggage.
そのホームページではクレジットカードの限度(げんど)額(がく)について、様々(さまざま)な情報(じょうほう)を紹介(しょうかい)しています。
Sono hōmupēji de wa kurejittokādo no gendogaku ni tsuite, samazama na jōhō o shōkai shite imasu.
The website presents various information on credit limits.

彼(かれ)の横柄(おうへい)な態度(たいど)は、私(わたし)の我慢(がまん)の限度(げんど)を超(こ)える。
Kare no ōhei na taido wa, watashi no gaman no gendo o koeru.
His haughty contempt exceeds the limit of my patience.